How to make a file downloadable

Question

Am trying to add file download to my site for audio video and pdf files Am using the php header() function but instead of downloading the output file, it keeps on downloading the php page instead. here is my code.

    header('Content-disposition: attachment; 
            Content-type: audio/mpeg; 
            filename=thefile.type');

Look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5595485/php-file-download?rq=1 — Pitchinnate, Aug 05 '13 at 17:46
Why dont you just link or redirect to the file? `header("location: thefile.type");` — user20232359723568423357842364, Aug 05 '13 at 17:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 17:50

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You need to write the contents of the file out, e.g.

header('Content-disposition: attachment; 
   Content-type: audio/mpeg; 
   filename=thefile.type');
echo file_get_contents("thefile.type");

answered Aug 05 '13 at 17:50

tdlive aw'sum

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`echo file_get_contents...` ! – Ali Akbar Azizi Aug 05 '13 at 17:51
Whoops. Completely forgot. Thanks for that. – tdlive aw'sum Aug 05 '13 at 17:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 04:46

This works pretty well

    if (file_exists("audio/thefile.type"))
    {
         if (FALSE!== ($handler = fopen('thefile.type', 'r')))
            {
             header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
             header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
             header('Content-Disposition: attachment; 
                     filename=audio/thefile.type');
             header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: chunked'); //changed to chunked
             header('Expires: 0');
             header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
             header('Pragma: public');
             //header('Content-Length: ' . filesize('thefile.type')); //Remove

             //Send the content in chunks
             while(false !== ($chunk = fread($handler,4096)))
                  {
                    echo $chunk;
                  }
             }
             exit;
    }
    else{

           echo "<h1>Content error</h1><p>The file does not exist!</p>";
         }

How to make a file downloadable

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