I'm creating MS Office Word document with PHP as following:
header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-word");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=filename.doc");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
But I need to save file to the server without save as dialog to be able to do something with the created *.doc file and give it to user only after the modification.
So how can I acheive this?
The code you use is for sending as download to the browser user.
To save on the server, use the this in PHP :
file_put_contents('path/to/ms/word/document.doc', $theData);
Then after you use your code to sent the saved file.
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I have an Adobe Illustrator file (AI) that we currently have a link to on a website which then downloads the file to your computer.
The link looks something like this...
http://domain.com/crm/index.php?entryPoint=fileupload_download&id=22440435-e8ee-bd6f-7612-533b2cd7690f&field=fuaifile_c&type=D1_Designs
What I need to do is rename this file as it downloads.
So I am asking if it is possible to pass this download through another PHP file right before it downloads which would allow me to change the filename on the fly that the user downloads. I cannot change the filename on the server but when it downloads I would like to be able to add some ID numbers to the filename on the fly if this is possibble? Any ideas how to accomplish this without having to resave the image on the server with a new name?
What you are looking for is the Content-Disposition header, as specified in RFC 2183:
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=example.ai
You can set this header using the PHP header() function.
It's ugly, and assumes these aren't "large" files that would exceed your memory_limit, but
$data = file_get_contents($original_url);
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="new name with id numbers');
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
echo $data;
You could always enhance this to do byte serving - suck 10k from original url, spit out 10k to user, etc...
Just set the Content-Disposition:
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');
(Example taken from PHP docs: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php).
Adding id:
$id = generateIdFromSomewhere();
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded'.$id.'.pdf"');
I'm trying to force download a pdf file that I'm generating. I don't need the pdf file to be actually saved on the server.
So when I generate my pdf file, I get the file content. I then encode it with base64. Now the problem is that I need to force download it. I've looked all over the web, but I haven't found any search results that tells me how to do this without the file actually being placed on the site.
I've tried the following code:
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"invoice.pdf\"");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($pdffile));
readfile(base64_decode($pdffile));
But, it's giving me a corrupt pdf file, (1 kb). The actual file should be around 50kb.
Any ideas, as to what I can try?
readfile trying to output content from file, but you have only data string. Try this instead:
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"invoice.pdf\"");
echo base64_decode($pdffile);
I also suggest rename $pdffile to $pdfcontent for even better clarification.
On a webservice I'm developing, a user should be able to download his data in a HTML file. This file contains everything (including images as base64).
Now to make the user download this, I would have to create the file and save it on my webserver. Afterwards, I'd have to delete it using a cronjob, because I can't figure out when the download is complete.
Is there another way? Would it be possible to download a file to the user which does not physically exist on my webserver, but gets somehow created temporarily?
Thank you for your help!
As far as the WWW is concerned, there is no such thing as a file. There are just HTTP resources.
The server might get the data from a file, it might not.
Just output the data for the file from your PHP program. (i.e. by putting it outside <?php and ?> or using echo or any other technique that causes PHP to output something).
You need to make sure you use the right Content-Type header, but since you are using HTML, that is text/html which is the default.
You can add a Content-Disposition header if you want the user to be prompted to save their download somewhere instead of rendering the downloaded HTML in the browser window.
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='foo.html'");
<?php
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');
// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');
?>
From: http://php.net/manual/en/function.header.php
I have a pictrures gallery on my server. The pictures are stored on diffrent external servers. On my server are placed the thumbnails only.
How I can make a button "save as" in php so that a user can download a big picture file which is from external servers. I need a simple php script which can do download a jpg file cross all browser agents and from diffrent external servers. The button will be implemented inside html code. The button is a regular link formated in css style.
So how to do it properly. Thanks.
I would like also that the path of file should be send as a variable parameter to php script somehow.
I am guessing you are trying to have the pictures be downloaded automatically (you want a dialog box to pop up prompting where to save the file).
There is a great tutorial on this site that uses the php header function to force download
Check it out: http://www.ryboe.com/tutorials/php-headers-force-download
I found some solution with following php script
<?PHP
// Define the path to file
$file = $_GET['file'];
$name = basename ($file);
if(!file)
{
// File doesn't exist, output error
die('file not found');
}
else
{
// Set headers
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$name");
header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
// Read the file from disk
readfile($file);
}
?>
and I can send parameters like url address cross html code
download
The only problem is that it is not working with all servers. It's not woriking for exemple with that file
http://backalleypics.com/Pictures/Letter Je~Ju/Jessica Alba/Jessica Alba 230.jpg
I don't know what I need to do?
Remove the spaces from your file name:
change: http://backalleypics.com/Pictures/Letter Je~Ju/Jessica Alba/Jessica Alba 230.jpg
to: http://backalleypics.com/Pictures/Letter_Je~Ju/Jessica_Alba/Jessica_Alba_230.jpg
I wanted to let a user download a file by simply clicking a button. Thing is, the file doesn't actually exist - its just some dynamic content.
So lets say:
$('a.download').click(function(){
$.post('get.php');
})
and in my PHP:
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=something.txt");
header("Content-Type: text");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
echo 'abcbdefg'
Is that valid? Is there some other way to do it?
Just create a link to the file, like this:
download my file
Whenever there's a request for a file of type PHP, your webserver will first process the file and output whatever text it contains to the client; you don't have to do anything special just because it's dynamic.
Using $.post() doesn't make sense for what you want to do; that POSTs data to the url you specify, it doesn't prompt the user to save a file.
Yeah, that's valid. I'm pretty that's the best way to do it.