Download to local after ftp_get()

[empiresolutions]

I am using ftp_get to transfer a file from a secure location, to a temp location. (working)

Once at the temp location i need to have the file automatically download to the clients local machine. Something like a right click "save as" action. How do i do this? I'm thinking its done with headers but not sure.

My Current Code is below. Thanks for all responses.

 
// define some variables
$ftp_server = "123.45.67.890";
$local_file = '/scratch1/test/'.$name;
$server_file = $name;
 
echo "server file: $server_file <br>";
 
$ftp_user_name = "5a515";
$ftp_user_pass = "m5n5o5";
 
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
 
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
 
if ($login_result) echo "Successfully connected<br>";
 
//change directory
ftp_chdir($conn_id, "tts");
ftp_chdir($conn_id, "incoming");
 
// try to download $server_file and save to $local_file
if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)){
 
    echo "Successfully written to $local_file\n";
 
}else{
 
    echo "<br>There was a problem\n";
}
 
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
 
 

[dlite922]

I am using ftp_get to transfer a file from a secure location, to a temp location. (working)

Once at the temp location i need to have the file automatically download to the clients local machine. Something like a right click "save as" action. How do i do this? I'm thinking its done with headers but not sure.

My Current Code is below. Thanks for all responses.

 
// define some variables
$ftp_server = "123.45.67.890";
$local_file = '/scratch1/test/'.$name;
$server_file = $name;
 
echo "server file: $server_file <br>";
 
$ftp_user_name = "5a515";
$ftp_user_pass = "m5n5o5";
 
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
 
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
 
if ($login_result) echo "Successfully connected<br>";
 
//change directory
ftp_chdir($conn_id, "tts");
ftp_chdir($conn_id, "incoming");
 
// try to download $server_file and save to $local_file
if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)){
 
    echo "Successfully written to $local_file\n";
 
}else{
 
    echo "<br>There was a problem\n";
}
 
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
 
 

You're on the right track:

FIRST OF ALL. I really hope that's not the username and password but a fake one, if not you're secure location is not so secure now. Besides FTP is not encrypted anyway. But I digres.

manipulating the headers to the type of file is exactly what you need to do.

If that file is public, just copy it to a directory in your websiter and give the public the link to the file.

if it's private (based on user) then you need to change the header to whatever type of file it is, use php fread() to read the file, print it, and voila!

...or so I think in theory. I'm no PHP master but that's how I'd tackle it.

Good Luck

[empiresolutions]

Thanks dlite.

This is the solutions. Thanks to NogDog.

// try to download $server_file and save to $local_file
if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)){
    header('Content-Length: '. filesize($local_file));
    header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($local_file).'"');
    header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
    readfile($local_file); // send the file
    exit;  // make sure no extraneous characters get appended
}