file download with curl and php - php

Question

I wrote a php function that downloads some (.exe) files using curl extension. The file gets successfully downloaded, but when I try to open it I get not compatible error. I opened it using notepad++ and there I see a '200' added to the beginning of the file. I can't really understand from where this '200' comes ?
here is my function:
$source = isset($_GET['link']) ? $_GET['link'] : ''; #get the download link
$filename = isset($_GET['name']) ? $_GET['name'] : 'download.exe'; # define name
if($source != '')
{
$handle = curl_init($source);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
/* Get the HTML or whatever is linked in $url. */
$response = curl_exec($handle);
/* Check for 403 (forbidden). */
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if($httpCode == 403) {
echo "<h2> <font color='red'> Sorry you are not allowed to download that file.</font><h2>";
} else {
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"{$filename}\"");
#header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"uploaded.pdf\"");
// Get a FILE url to my test document
$url= str_replace(" ","%20", $source);
$ch= curl_init($url);
#curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
}
curl_close($handle);
}
else {
echo "error";
}

Answer 1

Set CURLOPT_HEADER to false like:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
It will disable the HTTP response, so you do not will receive the '200' in your file.
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