RE: implementing downloads with php?

Jeffry Killen am Donnerstag, 2. April 2015 - 23:51: > Hi; > > This is new territory for me a maybe a bit off topic but > I am interested in finding out how to implement a downloading > mechanism with php and without using ftp (if possible). > > I am understanding that http has a 'put' command. Is this the clue? > > When a file is downloaded from a site, like, for instance, a source > code file from a directory. If the user does not have an ftp client, > does > the browser negotiate an ftp connection? As an application this could > be used for file transfer via a web site. > > Thanks for time and attention > JK > Hi Jeffry! Thats a basic http header issue! Try something like this: $file = "name_of_the_file_to_download"; header("Content-Type: type/subtype; file=\"$file\""); where "type/subtype" may be e.g. "image/jpeg" or whatever fits in your case, then: header("Content-Disposition: attachment/force-download; filename=\"$file\""); and finaly: echo file_get_contents('full_path/'.$file); that tells the browser not to display the file contents, but to follow the users (per mime type) settings for downloads (launch the internal filemanager, or automaticaly store in a predefiend clients directory) Hope this helps you, Niklaus