Open A File Via Html Button

Question

I am looking for a way to open a file when user clicks on the open button on my website.

Basically, I want to define the path to that specific file that I want the html button to open.

open a file WHERE? on their device? some other site? – Marc B Aug 19 '16 at 18:20 — Marc B, Aug 19 '16 at 18:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:33

I have read about it in another post. Try using this:

<a href="path_to_file" download="proposed_file_name">Download</a>

Where :

path_to_file is either an absolute or relative path, proposed_file_name the filename to save to (can be blank, then defaults to the actual filename).

Hope it helps

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:35

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<a href="/filepath/file.pdf" target="_blank"><input type="button" value="Open File" /></a>

answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:35

NosNits

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:36

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Using

<input type="file" id="file" name="file" />

you can open up a file dialog. You'll have to handle this with PHP. This link: https://www.sitepoint.com/handle-file-uploads-php/ provides all the info you need. If you don't have a server to upload .php files to, you can set up a LAMP server.

Hope this helps :)

answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:36

wolf_adventures1909

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I think the question is related to displaying file on button click and not file upload. – Ramsha Khalid Jun 04 '22 at 08:08

Open A File Via Html Button

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