How to make the video and audio files downloadable?

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We're working on a converter site, and we want users to download the converted file. How to make the files downloadable? The other problem is the audio files are playing on browsers, but we want all Video and audio file downloadable. Php code.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 10:48

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Using the Content-disposition header should do it:

header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=some_file.ext");

Also including a Content-type header is good practice as well (especially if you are using a php page to serve it):

header("Content-type: mime/type");

e.x. audio/mpeg (mp3), video/mp4

answered Dec 22 '11 at 10:48

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Thanks for the reply but Where can I put that code? – yuri04 Dec 22 '11 at 10:49
At the top of the php page. The `header()` function must be used _before_ any output. – Grexis Dec 22 '11 at 10:52
It not works fine to me. It downloads the php file, not the output file :( – yuri04 Dec 22 '11 at 11:14
See the duplicate references in the comments. They have complete solutions, including how to write the file data to the script. – Grexis Dec 22 '11 at 11:21

How to make the video and audio files downloadable?

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