PHP Force File Download

Code Snippets Force File Download
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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:

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