How to force-downloads in PHP?

Question

How do I force-download for multiple links? If user clicks link1 they download pdf1.pdf. If user clicks link2 they download pdf2.pdf. Is there a way to check which link they clicked on?

I think you zip file and download. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1754352/download-multiple-files-as-zip-in-php — Andrew Nguyen Vo, Jan 26 '15 at 06:57
lookup on Google. This is basic HTMl, nothing to do with PHP — user3036342, Jan 26 '15 at 06:57
possible duplicate of [How do I force-download different .pdfs in same script?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28146669/how-do-i-force-download-different-pdfs-in-same-script) — , Jan 26 '15 at 08:27

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '15 at 06:54

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Try

<?php
$FileName = 'file.pdf';
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="'.$FileName.'"');
readfile($FileName);

answered Jan 26 '15 at 06:54

Razvan Baba

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If I try doing that and I have $FileName = 'file1.pdf'; $FileName = 'file2.pdf'; It keeps bringing back file1.pdf and not file2.pdf – deft321 Jan 26 '15 at 08:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '15 at 07:54

$file_url = 'your_file.someting';
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary"); 
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename($file_url) . "\""); 
readfile($file_url);

P.S. use proper content-type for your file e.g application/zip for ZIP files

How to force-downloads in PHP?

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