how to download a file??

[thamood]

Hello guys i'm new in this group but can you help me...i want to create
a "download files" system - something like "download.com" - but like
"download.com" i dont want the direct link to the file to show i want
it to be something like :

"http://www.myhomepage.com/getfile.php?id=132"

the idea is to optain the id through the "$_GET" and then get the path
of the file from the DB ...but then what?the "header()" function wont
work unless its the 1st function to be called so i cant query the DB
for the file path then call it!! or is there any other function i can
use to send the file to the user ???? can any one help me plzzzzzz it's
drivin me nuts... :))) thnx in advance...

[Geoff Berrow]

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"http://www.myhomepage.com/getfile.php?id=132"

the idea is to optain the id through the "$_GET" and then get the path
of the file from the DB ...but then what?the "header()" function wont
work unless its the 1st function to be called so i cant query the DB
for the file path then call it!!

Yes you can. Just make sure you don't out put any html before you call
it
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[Janwillem Borleffs]

th*****@gmail.com wrote:

the idea is to optain the id through the "$_GET" and then get the path
of the file from the DB ...but then what?the "header()" function wont
work unless its the 1st function to be called so i cant query the DB
for the file path then call it!! or is there any other function i can
use to send the file to the user ???? can any one help me plzzzzzz
it's drivin me nuts... :))) thnx in advance...

You obviously have miss-interpreted the info on http://www.php.net/header.

You cannot call header after any output, but you can call as many functions
you like before calling header() as long as they do not produce any output.

So, the following will fail:

<?php
echo strtoupper("hello");
header("Location: http://www.google.com");
?>

And the following will succeed:

<?php
strtoupper("hello");
header("Location: http://www.google.com");
?>
JW

[thamood]

Thanx a lot guys for the clarification � I'll try it again and then
see what happens thanx a lot…

[thamood]

Ahhh...guys sorry to bother ya again.....but what prameters should i
use with the header so i can download a file...(i'm really a
newbie)...i thought of useing the "Location :" but i figured it only
for redirection to some other web site....

[Peter Chant]

th*****@gmail.com wrote:

Ahhh...guys sorry to bother ya again.....but what prameters should i
use with the header so i can download a file...(i'm really a
newbie)...i thought of useing the "Location :" but i figured it only
for redirection to some other web site....

File name! Something to stop the file getting cached, assuming you don't
want that. The below code is what I use for RTF files when I generate them.
Note that there is a problem with Galeon and RTF, so there is a workround
included in the code. Note the comment above CSV is out of date!

Pete

//The output data is generated dynamically, we do not want an old copy stuck
in a cache.

//HTTP 1.1
header("Cache-control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");

//HTTP 1.0
header("Pragma: no-cache");

//Output a csv file, text/plain for a simple plain text file.
header("Content-Type: application/rtf");

//Force browser to save it
//Does not work on Galeon so create a cludge
$user_agent = $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"];
if ( $filename != null ) {
if ( !eregi("galeon",$user_agent) ) {
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
}
}
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http://www.petezilla.co.uk

[Hero Wanders]

Hello!

$user_agent = $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"];
if ( $filename != null ) {
if ( !eregi("galeon",$user_agent) ) {
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
}
}

I think the following code is a bit nicer to read:

<?php
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

if (($filename != null) || !eregi('galeon', $user_agent)) {
die();
}

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
?>

Regards,
Hero Wanders

[thamood]

helloo many thanx for your replys but the problems still isnt solved
the problem is i want to duild a download system for "*.fla" files and
the file's full path is on the DB .. so what i'm tryin to do is to get
the fill path from the "$_GET[]" then get the fill path from the DB
then make the download process start at the client side...what
functions and how will i use them please help me!!! :)

[Peter Chant]

th*****@gmail.com wrote:

helloo many thanx for your replys but the problems still isnt solved
the problem is i want to duild a download system for "*.fla" files and
the file's full path is on the DB .. so what i'm tryin to do is to get
the fill path from the "$_GET[]" then get the fill path from the DB
then make the download process start at the client side...what
functions and how will i use them please help me!!! :)

Ah, I think my post was halfway there. Maybe you could output the
appropriate content type header for your '.fla' file. Then read the file
in to a variable (read?) and then use echo to output it.

Pete

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[thamood]

you know yesit worked thanx a lot man sorry for repeating the quistions
:)