how to save a link in my server and load at the button href

Question

I have post where it has a download button, and I want to save my download link in a row in my server. So in my site it loads the link in the button.

I made this:

 <a href="'.$rows['link'].'" class="btn btn-primary col-lg-12 " role="button">Download</a>

But it does not open my download link. When I click download it opens the link in my folder as a page, like this:

http://localhost/system/adm/www.mylink.com

I don't want to save the file in my folders, I want to save in my cloud so I can have huge downloads.

And post this link in my server so the post loads the link in my button.

What is the right way to make this work?

in my server there is a row called link, the value is www.mylink.com — James Allan, Jul 13 '16 at 14:36
Marc B this is not duplicated, my question is how can i get the link from my row in my server and get the link in the button. — James Allan, Jul 13 '16 at 14:38
No i didnt use no https:// in my link, i will test, but im sure that the link wont open, it will open as a page and in my browser will get this link http://localhost/system/adm/www.mylink.com — James Allan, Jul 13 '16 at 14:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '16 at 14:47

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Links open locally if they don't have "http://" at the beginning, so just add it to all your links :

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<a href='http://" . $rows['link'] . "' class="btn btn-primary" role="button">Download</a>

answered Jul 13 '16 at 14:47

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