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In this code snippet, we’ll learn how to force file downloads in PHP.
Let’s see the example code below.
Code:
<?php
$filePath = "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\Code Examples\\php\\force file downloads\\fileToDownload.txt";
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"". basename($filePath) ."\"");
readfile($filePath);
exit(); Resulting Output:
