I would like to display an execl file within my browser similar to how a PDF file is viewed.Is there any way to accomplish this. I have already used an execl library, but this does not fulfil my requirements.
Here is example I would like to used in excel but its not working
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
I also used PHPExcel library for viewing execl file on browser but its not working
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PDF file shown symbols on live server while fetched from database, but displayed correctly on local sever. I don’t know exactly what I am doing wrong.
Below is my code
<?php
if(ISSET($_REQUEST['file'])){
$file = $_REQUEST['file'];
// Add header to load pdf file
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' .$file. '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
// #readfile($file);
#readfile("files/".$file);
}
?>
Here is a sample displayed symbol
I am trying to force download a file in my php program under a new name (new_name). I am changing the file name but keeping the extension the same as roginal file. This is part of my code:
$original_filename = "attachments/20180315.log";
$new_filename = "new_name." . pathinfo($original_filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($original_filename));
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $new_filename . '"');
header('Pragma: no-cache');
readfile($original_filename);
exit;
My download is working fine when I am downloading a text file (i.e. in example above 20180315.log is a text file). When I try to do the same with a binary file (such as pdf) I am getting an empty new_name.pdf.
Any suggestion?
I have always found the exact headers required to be a bit messy and dependent on the browser, there are a lot of options, and you will see a lot of variations posted, so i suggest the following, but you may need to just test a number of combinations until you get it right, and i suggest making sure you test it on as many browsers as you can.
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $new_filename . "\"");
readfile($original_filename);
I am trying to download a file. I am using IE11. I have tried several methods to do this. Currently I am trying to use the header with Content-Disposition method. I have tried to do this a few different ways according to other answers people have given. And it does download. But instead of downloading the file I point it to, it downloads the file it is written in. So if I tell it to download example.txt in my test.php file. It will only download test.php.
These are the methods I have tried:
This one is written in test.html:
<?php
$filename = "example.txt"
header('Content-Type: text/plain');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($filename) . '"');
?>
I've also tried making it a button:
BUTTON
Where download.php is:
<?php
$file = $_GET['file'];
header('Content-type: audio/mpeg');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$file.'"');
?>
I tried this:
<?php
header('Content-Type: application/download');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="example.txt"');
header("Content-Length: " . filesize("example.txt"));
$fp = fopen("example.txt", "r");
fpassthru($fp);
fclose($fp);
?>
And this:
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename($File) . "\"");
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($File));
header("Connection: close");
There are many more slight variations and mix and matching that I have tried. All have the same problem that the .html or .php file downloads rather than example.txt. Does anyone know why this would happen? Is something not supported in IE11? I do not think it is a syntax error simply because most of these I copied from other answers online. I have tried with example.txt existing and not existing, in this folder and other folders.
EDIT: So it turns out that these all work, I was just using them wrong. I had been trying to make isolated files to run this code so I could test it without interference from the rest of the functions on my website, but this left the php files without the resources they needed to actually run properly. When I put the code into the actual files on the website it worked perfectly. smh
Try this :
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($File));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . basename($File));
readfile($File);
exit;
So, I need a little help here. I have a site which hosts some mp3s. When users click on the download url, it links directly to a file called downloadmp3.php, which goes 2 parameters in the url...the php file is included below, and it's basically supposed to FORCE the user to save the mp3. (not play it in the browser or anything).
That doesnt happen. Instead, it seems like the file is WRITTEN out in ascii to the browser. It seems like it's the actual mp3 file written out.
Here is my downloadmp3.php file...please, what's wrong in this code.
It works on my local LAMP (Bitnami Wampstack on windows)....that is, on my local testing environment, it sends the file to my broswer, and I can save it. When I upload it to the real server, it basically writes out the mp3 file.
Here is the culprit file, downloadmp3.php...please help
<?php
include 'ngp.php';
$file = $_GET['songurl'];
$songid = $_GET['songid'];
increasedownloadcount($songid);
if (file_exists($file)) {
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: audio/mpeg');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . basename($file));
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($file);
exit;
}
?>
By the way, this site only hosts mp3s - no other audio or file format. So, this downloadmp3.php script should ideally ask the user where they want to save this file.
Thanks for your help in advance.
I think the filename should be in quotes:
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file) . '"');
Change the content-type value to text/plain. With this browser wont recognize it and wont play the file. Instead it will download the file at clients machine.
Seems there is too many headers. I am sure they do SOMETHING... but this code works.
This code works with MP3 files.... downloads to a file. Plays without a problem.
if(isset($_GET['file'])){
$file = $_GET['file'];
header('Content-type: audio/mpeg');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$file.'"');
readfile('path/to/your/'.$file);
exit();
}
You can access it with ajax call, or this:
<a id="dl_link" href="download.php?file=<>file-you-wish-to-download<>" target="_blank">Download this file</a>
Hopefully this is of some use
I am handed over a PHP Code-igniter project by my Manager, and i have not a dependable experience in PHP. Im trying to download a newly created .csv file from server. But when i download it, it does not have the content of that file, instead it shows the header stript of my .html page where im doing the whole coding.
i am trying this using Force Downloading technique, mentioned all over internet.
$filename = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/apps/views/style/Default/files/'.'Attendance'.'_'.strtotime("now").'.csv';
$file = $filename;
if (is_file($file) == true) {
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header("Pragma: public", true);
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
}
This code runs on a button click, and the File does download, but it does not show the content, but when i manually download that same file directly from Cpanel server, it has content.
When i download it through this coding, it has the html scripts.
It is because you have the code inside a page, which already have html content displayed or in buffer to be displayed, you will have to implement your force download code inside a blank page or keep the code on top of page, so it give you download of the file content only.
header('Content-type: text/csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
readfile($file);