PHP question

GreenHell

Hi guys,
I have a script that creates a basic text file and I want to know how to make it available for download, within the script, if that makes sense?

Kind of like when you click on a link and off it goes and does its thing and returns download box.

Gosh

Assuming your download file is called "downloadfile.txt" then at the point on the page where you want to place thew download link:

echo '<a href="downloadfile.txt">Download File Now</a>';

Ph3n0m

http://ie2.php.net/readfile


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Rollo Tamasi

Gosh, that would only open up the txt file in the browser

akari no ryu

Try this:

<?php
header("Content-type: application/force-download");
$pathToFile="your/path/goes/here.txt";
$file=readfile($pathToFile);
echo $file;
?>

akari no ryu

Failing that, you could try this

<?php
$filename="yourFile.txt"l
$path="/your/path/goes/here/";
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
echo readfile("$path/$file");
?>

Gosh

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

Gosh, that would only open up the txt file in the browser

True - should have been

echo '<a href="downloadfile.txt">Right-Click and Save Link/Target As to Download File</a>';