note 56430 added to function.header

you can follow following sample code for preparing a download link : downloadLink.php ================================ <? print "please click " ; print "<a href=\"./downloadAction.php?fileName=download.pdf\">"; print "here"; print "</a>"; print "to download. "; ?> ================================ This page will call "downloadAction.php" on click of the text "here". downloadAction.php ==================== <? $filename = $_GET['fileName']; $path="C:/download/"; /*print "filename ".$filename; print "path ".$path;*/ header('Pragma: private'); header('Cache-control: private, must-revalidate'); header("Content-type: text/x-ms-iqy"); $fp = fopen($path.$filename,"r"); $filedata=fread($fp,filesize($path.$filename)); fclose($fp); header("Content-type: text/x-ms-iqy"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$filename); print $filedata; ?> ================================ Dont forget to put a file with a name "download.pdf" in the folder "C:\download "(or any path) I hope this will work for u. thanks, best luck. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56430 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56430&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56430&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56430&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56430&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56430&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56430&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56430&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php