I am new to this and I am really stuck on how to download a file I have managed to upload on my local server.
My uploaded script is -
require_once ('dbcon.php');
if(isset($_POST['log'])){
foreach($_FILES['files']['tmp_name'] as $key => $name_tmp){
$file = $_FILES['files']['name'][$key];
$tmpnm = $_FILES['files']['tmp_name'][$key];
$type = $_FILES['files']['type'][$key];
$size = $_FILES['files']['size'][$key];
$dir = "file/".$file;
$move = move_uploaded_file($tmpnm, $dir);
if ($move){
$query = ("INSERT into dfile VALUES(null,'$file','$type','$size')");
$result = $dbLink->query($query);
if($result){
echo "<h4>Upload Complete</h4></br>";
}else{
echo "Error Table DB";
}
}
}
}
SomePage.php
<a href="download.php?FileNo=<?echo $FileNo;?>">File Name</a>
download.php
$FileNo=$_GET['FileNO'];
//Use Mysql Query to find the 'full path' of file using $FileNo.
// I Assume $FilePaths as 'Full File Path'.
download_file($FilePaths);
function download_file( $fullPath )
{
if( headers_sent() )
die('Headers Sent');
if(ini_get('zlib.output_compression'))
ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 'Off');
if( file_exists($fullPath) )
{
$fsize = filesize($fullPath);
$path_parts = pathinfo($fullPath);
$ext = strtolower($path_parts["extension"]);
switch ($ext)
{
case "pdf": $ctype="application/pdf"; break;
case "exe": $ctype="application/octet-stream"; break;
case "zip": $ctype="application/zip"; break;
case "doc": $ctype="application/msword"; break;
case "xls": $ctype="application/vnd.ms-excel"; break;
case "ppt": $ctype="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"; break;
case "gif": $ctype="image/gif"; break;
case "png": $ctype="image/png"; break;
case "jpeg":
case "jpg": $ctype="image/jpg"; break;
default: $ctype="application/force-download";
}
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private",false);
header("Content-Type: $ctype");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".basename($fullPath)."\";" );
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".$fsize);
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile( $fullPath );
}
else
die('File Not Found');
}
You do this, by setting headers:
<?php
$file = $_GET['file'];
$dir = '';
if(isset($_GET['file']) && file_exists($dir . $file)) {
$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
$type = $finfo->file($file); // get MIME-Type
header("Content-Type: " . $type);
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $file . "\"");
readfile($dir . $file);
}
Be sure that the Content-Type
is a MIME-Type. You could put this code in a seperate file dl.php
and call it like this in your view:
<a href="dl.php?file=path/to/your/file.txt">Download</a>
The path depends on the structure of your scripts but basically it will go like this :
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo " <tr>
<td>{$row['comp']}</td>
<td>{$row['expire']}</td>
<td>{$row['file']}</td>
<td>{$row['size']}</td>
<td>
<a download href=\"file/{$row['file']}\">Download this file</a>
</td>
</tr>";
}