Download A File And Insert Values Into A Database - php

Question

<?php
// force to download a file
if(isset($_POST['download'])){
$file = "images/dansyo_logo.png";
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($file));
header( "Content-Description: File Transfer");
#readfile($file);
if(#readfile($file)){
echo'proceed';
}else{
echo'failded';
}
}
?>
<form method='post'>
<button name='download'>download</button>
</form>
I have the above code where i want the code to be able to download a file and in the same time insert values into my database.The code is functioning well that is i'm able to download a file.However,nothing is echoed after the file has downloaded or is downloading.

Answer 1

Its not going to echo since header will send the file to browser for download, if you wanted to do any kind of db submission just do it before header sent
$file = "images/dansyo_logo.png";
//Do your DB update here, before the header
if(is_readable($file)) {
// insert into database
} else {
exit(basename($file)." not found.");
}
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($file));
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
#readfile($file);
exit();
Note: file_exists() will return true on a directory.