download pdf instead of open?

[Hondy]

Hi

Is there some way to tag a link so that when a user clicks it the file is saved to disk rather than tries to open it? I suppose this could apply to any file but I'm interested in PDF this time. I guess I could ZIP it, is this the way to do it? I'd like to avoid instructions to "Right click.. Save link..As" because different browsers may do this differently.

I know you can do it at browser level but i'd like to to it at web page level is it possible?

Thanks

 

[EagleM]

Just do it the same way you would download any binary file, using readfile().

Here's a tutorial:

http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/upload-to-file-server.php

Manual:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php

 

[sleipnir214]

I think you'll want to take a look at the PHP online manual page for header(). Look for the string "Content-Disposition" in the example code on that page.


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