How to force a download of a pdf file stored on the server?

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago


I want to force a download of a pdf file stored on the server.

My attempts so far result in a damaged pdf file.

 class="w3-row">
   class="w3-col l8 s12">
     class="w3-card-4 w3-margin w3-white ">
       class="w3-display-container">
        
class="w3-teal w3-center">

<b> You can download you syllabus here b>

<br> class="w3-container " style="color: darkblue;">php echo $branch ?> class="w3-container">php echo $sem ?> <br> download.php?filedir='php echo " script/ ".$dir ?>&filename= php echo $name ?> ' ">Download <br> <br>

below is the download.php

        $path  = $_GET['filedir'] ;
        $filename = $_GET['filename'];


        header('Connection: Keep-Alive');
        header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
        header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
        //header('Content-Disposition: attachment; 
        filename="'.basename($filename).'"');
        header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
        header('Expires: 0');
        header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
        header('Pragma: public');
        header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename));
        ob_clean();
        flush();
        readfile($path);
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manpreet 2 years ago

You have issue here when you get filename using basename

$path  = $_GET['filedir'] ;
$filename = $_GET['filename'];

header('Connection: Keep-Alive');
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
//header('Content-Disposition: attachment; 
$filename=basename($filename); //change this line;
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($path);

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