This script is useful when we want to download an image file (JPG, PNG, GIF) instead of preview it into our browser. A download dialog will appear and the image will not be displayed.
< ?php
// Define the image type. We can remove this but not recommended
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
// Define the name of image after downloaded
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.jpg"');
// Read the original image file
readfile('file.jpg');
?>
Let’s give it a try. Save the script as download.php and put file file.jpg in the same directory/folder as download.php. Then open download.php using our web browser.
We should now see download dialog instead of file.jpg opened in the browser.
nayeem
27/05/2008 — 12:27
is it possible to pass variable in filename
articles directory
10/08/2009 — 12:28
It is not working ..
Try this
$file = “misc_tasks.txt”
// Quick check to verify that the file exists
if( !file_exists($file) ) die(“File not found”);
// Force the download
header(“Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=”” . basename($file) . “””);
header(“Content-Length: ” . filesize($file));
header(“Content-Type: application/octet-stream;”);
readfile($file);
Pico RG
18/09/2010 — 15:05
Thank you for this wonderful script man
Lalit
31/01/2012 — 17:05
Thank you so much.Its working for me.