A force download script in PHP can give you more control over a file download rather than providing a direct link.
Using a force-download script, you can:
- Validate whether a user is logged in
- Track total number of download
<?php
function force_download( $file, $new_name="filename.doc" )
{
$dir = "";
if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
header('Content-type: application/force-download');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $dir.$file . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary');
header('Content-length: '.filesize($dir.$file));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$new_name.'"');
readfile("$dir$file");
} else {
echo "No file selected";
}
}
$file = 'myfile.doc';
$filename = "download";
$original_path = 'path/to/myfile.doc';
$file_new_name = $filename.".".end(explode(".",$original_path));
force_download($original_path,$file_new_name);
?>
You will need to validate that the file does not provide access to your code, files you do not want to download, and so on.
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