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GreenHell · 12-05-2006 12:31PM #1

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 · 12-05-2006 12:47PM

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 · 12-05-2006 12:49PM

http://ie2.php.net/readfile

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Rollo Tamasi · 12-05-2006 04:38PM

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

akari no ryu · 12-05-2006 04:54PM

Try this:

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

akari no ryu · 12-05-2006 05:03PM

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 · 12-05-2006 06:16PM

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>';

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