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PHP Script to Force Download a file using Header Function
This PHP script that will make the browser to open a new window and download a file instead of opening it. This script is helpful if you dont want a file to be open directly when using a browser, like if you want a javascript or simple text file to be downloaded.
function file_ext( $pathInfo, $type ){
$res = pathinfo($pathInfo);
return $res[$type];
}
function mime_type($filename){
/* get the file extension of a file name */
$extension = file_ext( $filename, 'extension' );
switch(strtolower($extension)){
case "js" :
return "application/x-javascript";
break;
case "json" :
return "application/json";
break;
case "jpg" :
case "jpeg" :
case "jpe" :
return "image/jpg";
break;
case "png" :
case "gif" :
case "bmp" :
case "tiff" :
return "image/".strtolower($extension);
break;
case "css" :
return "text/css";
break;
case "xml" :
return "application/xml";
break;
case "doc" :
case "docx" :
return "application/msword";
break;
case "xls" :
case "xlt" :
case "xlm" :
case "xld" :
case "xla" :
case "xlc" :
case "xlw" :
case "xll" :
return "application/vnd.ms-excel";
break;
case "ppt" :
case "pps" :
return "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint";
break;
case "rtf" :
return "application/rtf";
break;
case "pdf" :
return "application/pdf";
break;
case "html" :
case "htm" :
case "php" :
return "text/html";
case "txt" :
return "text/plain";
break;
case "mpeg" :
case "mpg" :
case "mpe" :
return "video/mpeg";
break;
case "mp3" :
return "audio/mpeg3";
break;
case "wav" :
return "audio/wav";
break;
case "aiff" :
case "aif" :
return "audio/aiff";
break;
case "avi" :
return "video/msvideo";
break;
case "wmv" :
return "video/x-ms-wmv";
break;
case "mov" :
return "video/quicktime";
break;
case "zip" :
return "application/zip";
break;
case "tar" :
return "application/x-tar";
break;
case "swf" :
return "application/x-shockwave-flash";
break;
default :
return "application/octet-stream";
break;
}
}
/*
Get the value of the variable file_name GET
value of variable file_name will then be decode
from its URL format and also decode from its
base64 encoding.
*/
$file_name = base64_decode(urldecode($_GET['file_name']));
/* return the MIME Type of the File */
$content_type = mime_type($file_name);
/* Change to file the directory location of the file */
$file_root_loc = 'public_html/uploads/';
header('Content-type: '.$content_type);
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$file_name.'"');
readfile($file_root_loc.$file_name);
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