Do you mean you want to click and say download a picture or a file and the normal file "save or open" box pops up. If so this is what I have used.
<?php
// block any attempt to the filesystem
if (isset($_GET['file']) && basename($_GET['file']) == $_GET['file']) {
$filename = $_GET['file'];
$folder = $_GET['folder'];
} else {
$filename = NULL;
}
// define error message
$err = '<p style="color:#990000">Sorry, the file you are requesting is unavailable.</p>';
if (!$filename) {
// if variable $filename is NULL or false display the message
echo $err;
} else {
// define the path to your download folder plus assign the file name
$path = 'images/albums/'.$folder.'/'.$filename;
// check that file exists and is readable
if (file_exists($path) && is_readable($path)) {
// get the file size and send the http headers
$size = filesize($path);
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: '.$size);
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename);
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
// open the file in binary read-only mode
// display the error messages if the file cant be opened
$file = @ fopen($path, 'rb');
if ($file) {
// stream the file and exit the script when complete
fpassthru($file);
exit;
} else {
echo $err;
}
} else {
echo $err;
}
}
?>
And then just put a link on the appropriate item to download and in you link tag include the appropriate GET variables for the code to reference. I saved this as a separate page called download.php
is it possible to rename file before downloading?
where to use rename method in this script... i tried but it doesnot works