I have some pdf files on a storage server and i want to show them to the users without showing them the real file path, and i want to do this with PHP.
I tryed this:
$file = 'https://storage.server_test.com/agc/catalogs/catalog1.pdf';
$filename = 'catalog.pdf';
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
#readfile($file);
But the pdf is not displayed at all and i get this error: This PDF document might not be displayed correctly.
What am i doing wrong?
Have you tried embedding it using html object tag?
<object data="https://storage.server_test.com/agc/catalogs/catalog1.pdf" type="application/pdf">
<embed src="https://storage.server_test.com/agc/catalogs/catalog1.pdf" type="application/pdf" />
</object>
Alternatively in php, try this header:
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '"');
Finally, if #readfile($file) isn't working, try:
echo #file_get_contents($file);
After trying this myself locally, I think I managed to get it working. Try this:
<?php
$remote_pdf = 'http://www.saronicferries.gr/content/pdfFiles/sample.pdf';
$remote_file_name = end(explode('/', $remote_pdf));
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'. $remote_file_name .'"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
readfile($remote_pdf);
?>
Output:
I think what was the problem is that filesize($file) was failing for remote file. After removing that and header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');, it works.
Related
I am writing a website using bootstrap 4, html 5 and php 7.
The website handle a folder with many pdf files inside.
In order to control the access to the pdf file, i use a php file that output the pdf wanted.
The folder of pdf is protected with a htaccess file.
Everything is working perfectly expect on some smartphones which display a white screen instead of the pdf file.
Same for the download option.
For debugging, I added logs at each steps,
In the normal situation, where i get the pdf, i got "-9-13-"
In the situation with the white screen, i got "-9-13-16", so something weird with the "exit"
Any ideas ?
if (file_exists($file))
{
//log_dbg('9-');
if(isset($_POST['download']))//download
{
//log_dbg('10-');
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $chapter_file_name . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
//log_dbg('11-');
exit;
//log_dbg('12-');
}
else //Stream
{
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $chapter_file_name . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
readfile($file);
//log_dbg('13-');
exit;
//log_dbg('14-');
}
}
else
{
//log_dbg('15-');
echo 'Fichier '.$file.' introuvable';
}
//log_dbg('16-');
Do you have any idea what can be the problem ?
You can try in real here :
http://laguildedesecrivains.fr/story.php -> click on "Chapitre 1"
I have an image link that is 100% fine. I can use it to link to the image, and I can use it to display the image. However whenever I try to use PHP's headers to force an image download, it doesn't work. Here's what I'm using:
$file = $link;
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
The download starts and asks me where to save the image, as it should. However after the image is downloaded, it simply won't open. What am I doing wrong here?
You need to download the image first:
$file = 'newimage.png';
$file_contents = file_get_contents($link);
file_put_contents($file, $file_contents);
Then you can output the image:
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
exit();
i have written some code to select a row from a database and generate a link. the link is working ok but when i try to download the pdf i get this:
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displaying on the page.
my code is:
<?php
$sql="SELECT * from table1 where invoice_number = '".$_GET["inv"]."' and sequence = '".$_GET["seq"]."' ";
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($rs) > 0)
{
$result=mysql_fetch_array($rs);
$file = 'http://www.domain.co.uk/invoices/'.$result["pdf"].'';
$filename = 'Custom file name for the.pdf'; /* Note: Always use .pdf at the end. */
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
#readfile($file);
}
?>
any ideas how i can make it download the file rather than try and display it in the browser. please note, its a shared hosting server so i cannot make many changes on the actual server itself
Change the following:
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');
to
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '"');
I can download my microsoft word successfully if I named it in the filename by default. But if I use $variables to name it. The document extension will be unknown.
Sample:
$No = 1;
$Name = 'John';
$Test = 'Science';
//Download header
$document->save($doc);
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/msword');
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='$No_$Name_$Test.docx");
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($doc));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($doc);
So if i rename my filename as variables. The file download will be without the docx extension. Anyone can advise?
Thanks
Correct headers are
for Excel (*.xlsx):
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="' . $fileName . '"');
for Word (*.docx):
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="' . $fileName . '"');
Change this
header('Content-Type: application/msword');
to
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
EDIT:
And change
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='$No_$Name_$Test.docx");
to
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"{$No}_{$Name}_{$Test}.docx\"");
The correct use of that header is:
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="fname.ext" note that if the name contains spaces it must be quoted
See RFC6266 section 5. Examples
I'm looking to add a "Download this File" function below every video on one of my sites. I need to force the user to download the file, instead of just linking to it, since that begins playing a file in the browser sometimes. The problem is, the video files are stored on a separate server.
Any way I can force the download in PHP?
You could try something like this:
<?php
// Locate.
$file_name = 'file.avi';
$file_url = 'http://www.myremoteserver.com/' . $file_name;
// Configure.
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$file_name."\"");
// Actual download.
readfile($file_url);
// Finally, just to be sure that remaining script does not output anything.
exit;
I just tested it and it works for me.
Please note that for readfile to be able to read a remote url, you need to have your fopen_wrappers enabled.
Tested download.php file is
function _Download($f_location, $f_name){
$file = uniqid() . '.pdf';
file_put_contents($file,file_get_contents($f_location));
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . basename($f_name));
readfile($file);
}
_Download($_GET['file'], "file.pdf");
and the link to download is
Descargar
Try this:
<?php
$FileName = '/var/ww/file.txt';
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="'.$FileName.'"');
readfile($FileName);
The key is the header(). You need to send the header along with the download and it will force the "Save File" dialog in the user's browser.
<?php
$file_name = 'video.flv';
$file_url = 'http://www.myserver.com/secretfilename.flv';
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$file_name."\"");
echo file_get_contents($file_url);
die;
?>
I don't know this is the best way or not but I like that, short & simple.
If you want to download file when you visit URL, you can do like below
<a href="resume.pdf" download></a>
<script>document.querySelector('a').click();</script>
index.php
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>download</title>
</head>
<body>
download
</body>
</html>
.htaccess
Options -Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
deny from all
download.php
$file = "pdf/teste.pdf";
if (file_exists($file)) {
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($file);
exit();
}
<?php
$FileName = '/var/ww/file.txt';
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="'.$FileName.'"');
readfile($FileName);
using this code. is it possible to save the file name to what you want. for example you have url: http://remoteserver.com/file.mp3 instead of "file.mp3" can you use this script to download the file as "newname.mp3"