PHP :: Click A Button To Download A File

Download A File From A Form Button
I can't get a form coding to recognize a download.php to download a file to
the client. I need the edits of the form for a MySQL table, but the
following form code only wants to download 'download.php' and won't access
download.php so the code can take affect. How can the action item call
download.php?

<form name="form1" method="post" action="download.php"
onSubmit="

MM_validateForm('LastName','','R');MM_validateForm ('email','','NisEmail');
MM_validateForm('email','','R');
MM_validateForm('FirstName','','R');
return document.MM_returnValue">
<p><b><font size="3">First Name:</font></b>
<input type="text" name="FirstName" maxlength="50" size="30">
<font size="3"><b> Last Name:</b></font>
<input type="text" name="LastName" maxlength="50" size="30">
</p>
eMail:
<input type="text" name="email" size="40" maxlength="50">
</b></p>
<input type="submit" value="Download" />
</form>

Download File Using Form Button
I'm having a bit of difficulty with my download page. I'm trying to get a file to download from a path I set when the button is pressed, however the header() doesn't seem to like me entering the path to the file.

Form Button Click Itself.
is it possible that on a php script that i can make the form button click itself.

so i have a button that when a certain argument happens i want to click on itself thus resetting itself and doing the php script associated with the button being clicked the php is on a form on php self. know it sounds strange but i have some coding that needs to reset itself and only does that when the button is clicked just want a work around. failing that is it possible to use jave to achive this.

Open Window On Button Click
in a form, here's what I want to do :

<input type=button onclick= (???)

is it possible to open a pop-up window with a specified url without
using javascript ?

C Alling A Function With A Button Click
im relativly new to PHP but loving it - its fantastic isnt it (reminds me a
lot of BASIC on steroids)

my question is this

how do i call a function from a button using php?

How To Avoid Multiple Submit Button Click?
i have one form on which the data is stored in database and suppose the
user clicks the back button of browser and again click on submit button
then the data will be saved in database again.

so how can i solve this problem?

Problem Resetting Sessions With Only One Button Click
I am struggling for a solution to clear some fields on my webpage that takes
their values from some sessions
My solution below works when the button is clicked twice. I sort of know why
I have to click it twice to do the job (the first submit resets the sessions
but this it too late to change the field values, which requires another
submit to pick up the new session values). Problem is I cant think how to
accomplish the resetting of the fields to nothing with one click

Code so far(below)
**********************************
<form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>">
<input name="Submit" type="submit" value=" Clear ">

<?php
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
$_SESSION['savedcomm']=''
$_SESSION['pupilfield']=''
$_SESSION['gender']=''
}
?>

</form>
****************************

Loading A Form On Button Click (client-side)
Hi can anyone show me how to load a simple form (i.e. make its contents
visible) on the click of a button (not in that same form).

Right Button Click On Any URL Posts That Url To A Server-side Form
this isn't really a php question.
But php is involved, sort of, and I usually get good
answers here, regardless.

I want to build a browser (perhaps as a firefox plugin)
that, for any right-button click on any url on any page, posts the url
to
a server-side php form, that prompts for additional descriptive
metadata and
then inserts that link into a mysql schema.

I know how to do all the server-side php/mysql stuff, but I don't know
how to connect
any right-click on any url (inside the client) as a post to my
server-side URL.

I can imagine this happening, vaguely, as a firefox plugin mechanism.
Does anybody know of any how-to examples, that do something like this?
Or is there an even easier, pure javascript way to do this?

Click Button And Adds To Text Area - Like SMF Bbcode
How can I make buttons to add some things to a text area, like the bbcode for SMF?

Passing POST Data On Link Click, And Not Form Button
is it possible to send a form data to a page, using a link instead of a button?

id prefer not to have to rely on javascript, so i would like it to be ras html, or the like..

Left Mouse Click To Download
I need to allow user to download, ex: a movie file, using left mouse click. How can I do it?

Download Button
I want to make a "download" button on my website that when pressed will download a file from my server. This is the code:

Upload File Having Browse Button And Submit Button On Same Form
I am building a form where the user must upload a picture and fill in his
details.
Now I have a problem as all of this is on the same form.

How will I be able to have the Browse button to open the "file browse"
dialog
and the Submit button to submit the form data.

As I believe you can not use GET but must use POST method for form.
Is there any means that I can use GET cause I need to get form variables
from URL as well.

Making A Download Button
i currently use a basic link of text so users can down files like so:

<a href="download.php?id='.$id.'"><font color="red" size="5"> '.$file_name.' </font>

but i was wanting to make it an actual button i have tried this below but no joy

<form action="download.php?id='.$id.'"><input type="submit" value="Download"></form>

can anyone give me some advice on how to do it correctly.

Display Files Inside A Directory? With Download Button.
My first version of simple code, display files and directories but when i tried only to display pdf files and subdirectories inside the given path, with pagination and downloadable option, everything went wrong. Code:

Unlinking File After Click On Link
I run a script that zips some files, after it's been zipped the client get the link to the file so that he can download it.

I want to unlink the zipped file after the client has clicked on the link. This sounds easy but I don't know how to perform an action from a link ie. <a href = ../path_to_zipped_file/zipped_file.zip>download here</a>

After they click that link I want to unlink ../path_to_zipped_file/zipped_file.zip
any ideas?

Access Button In HTML File Through PHP File
I’m new to PHP and I’m working on a code and having a problem .
The problem is that I’m having an HTML file like this :

////////////////////////////////////

<p>some text</p> <form action="/project/myfile.php" method="post"> <input type="button" name="mybutton.1" value=" mybutton "><input type="text" name="aaa" /> </form>

<p> some text </p> <form action="/project/myfile.php" method="post"> <input type="button" name=" mybutton.2" value=" mybutton "><input type="text" name="aaa" /> </form>

//////////////////////////////////////

I want to open a new HTML file to the user when he clicks on any of these buttons . I want to do this in the file named “myfile.php “ . What should I write in the file “myfile.php “ to get access to each button and open a new page when the user clicks on it? Is it correct to put " action="/project/myfile.php""? Should I put include the HTML file in my PHP file? I want also to remember which button the user clicks on.

Creating Link To File Or Temp File For User Download
I am designing a document management system (DMS). The files are stored
in a directory on the webserver. The filenames for the documents are
stored in a MySQL database. The DMS will track revisions from the
initial version through the updates. We must have strict permissions
set so only authorized personnel can access some documents. All of the
documents when uploaded are given totally random names such as
"114723fb5422c6bd5ed18f6.doc". Is there a way, without the webserver
creating a new file name "document_specs_ver2.doc" to have the file
download named "document_specs_ver2.doc".

If I must physically create a new file, how do I know when the
webserver would be allowed to delete it? Notes: The files will be in
several different file formats, not just "doc".

Header Function, File Download, Temp File Disappears
I have the following headers:

if (preg_match("/compatible; MSIE/i", "$browser_type")){
header("Content-Tranfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-type: ".$assoc["type"]."");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="".$assoc["name"].""");}
echo $assoc["file"];

which starts the download of an mp3 file in one particular case. If you do not save target as and just select 'open' the temp file is zero bytes even though the download process took a while and showd how much progress you were making. So something is happening to the temp file.

Executing A File When A Button Is Clicked
I was wondering if someone could help me. I want to execute a .reg file when the user clicks a certain button. does anybody know how to do this. i already have the file created but i don't know the code to execute it if button clicked.

Write A Button To A Text File
I am trying to do is keep a record of all the buttons that are pressed in my website (in a text file) so that I can see the parts of the site that are used. The buttons are links between pages, so I want to see what is clicked from where etc. Code:

.txt File Download - How?
I'd like to get a prompt for a .txt file download instead of displaying it in the browser. The way things are setup now is that when a link in the nav menu is click it's pointed to download.php:

Download A File Using Php
An affiliate company i work with has a feed they publish, and I'd like to download and save it as a txt file on my server.

How can I do this using php? I'm assuming I need write a small script that will get the file on their server, save it on my server (and change the extension to txt). Then I'm going to run this script via a cronjob.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to get started on this? I'm not sure which php command I need to use to grab the feed from the other server.

File?download
I have an mpg file which I am throwing on a site for a client to download if he so chooses. I know I could zip it up and let him extract it, but I was essentially looking for how to allow my site to have a link where he could click to download the .mpg file. I have it embedded, and I have it so where they can click the link, and it'll open up a new browser to view it. But I'd rather have them download without having to right click and save as. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The site is done in PHP, and I understood there was a way in PHP to do this.

PHP File Download
I'm making an "online harddisc" type of thing, where the user can among other things upload and download files. But I cant figure out how to do the download to the client. Let me spesify; I can do the download, but the file gets the name of the php-script.

Someone said:
<quote> make the link thar specifies the script/file like this http://somewhere.com/download.php3/originalfilename.txt?var=anyvariables
Then in the script download.php3 put this after doing your processing Header("Content-type: application/RFC822"); readfile($copyfile); </quote>

What does dowload.php3/orig.txt mean??? Why the '/'???
And the problem; the browser tries to download 'downlaod.php3' instead...
My test file: Code:

File-up- And Download
I`m trying to write a script, to upload files to a server and afterwards the users shall have the possibility to download all already uploaded files. Code:

File Download
I've just set up an apache web server on my Linux system. I would like to allow people to click on a link and download a file (from my server) using a php 4 web page - but i dont want to use ftp to transfer the file (i dont want to run an ftp daemon on my server).
Is there an easy way to do this?

Also a quick question on security - is there any way a remote user can get to see the php4 code via the web server (ie using only port 80 - assuming the rest of the server is secure etc)?

File Download Through Php
I have a problem when doing indirect download of file through php, when
I click on download link Firefox and Internet Explorer give me same
options: Open and Save. Firefox opens file directly from Internet and
downloads without problem.

Internet Explorer saves file on local disk and I can open it from disk
correctly but when I try to open it directly from Internet it responds
with "There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be
found.", concrete situation in my usage is Pdf document. Below is my
concrete code,

<?php
ob_start();
include_once("config.php");
ini_set('display_errors', 'Off');
error_reporting(0);

$args = trim($_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]);
$args = preg_replace("/^//i", '', $args);
$argv = explode('/', $args);
$id = (int)$argv[0];

import('dao.fm.file');
$f = fm_file::instance($id);

if($f->get('id') < 1) {
die('No file.');
}
header('Content-Disposition: attachment');
header('Accept-Charset: UTF-8');
header('Content-Type: '.$f->get('type').' charset="UTF-8";');
readfile(get('FILES').'/'.$f->get('id'));
ob_end_flush();
?>

How To Download A File??
i want to create
a "download files" system - something like "download.com" - but like
"download.com" i dont want the direct link to the file to show i want
it to be something like :

"http://www.myhomepage.com/getfile.php?id=132"

the idea is to optain the id through the "$_GET" and then get the path
of the file from the DB ...but then what?the "header()" function wont
work unless its the 1st function to be called so i cant query the DB
for the file path then call it!! or is there any other function i can
use to send the file to the user ?

How To Download A File With Php?
I know how to make a http request with php using CURL extention. My question is "Can I make a http download request to a server from my php script and save it?"

Download A Rar File
As the title says, I'm trying to download a rar file when a button is clicked. So far Images, Videos, and Zip files download successfully.

Here are the mime types I've tried using

application/force-download
application/x-download
application/octet-stream
application/x-rar-compressed
application/x-rar
application/x-compressed
application/rar

None have worked. The mime type that I got from PHP for the file when I uploaded it was "application/x-rar-compressed" but that didn't do a thing :-/
I'll click the download button, it'll ask me to save the file and the download is done instantly. 0kb in size.

File Download
I want users to be able to download a file. Its all working. When the user clicks the link the windows "File download" box pops up asking if the user wants to save/open etc.

Press save and the file will save. However, the estimated time left says "Not known 1.4Mb downloaded" etc. How do I get it to show the estimated time left - i guess its something to do with fetching the actual file size from the server? Code:

Download File
function downloadFile($thefile) {
    header ("Pragma: public");
    header ("Expires: 0");
    header ("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
    header ("Cache-Control: public");
    header ("Content-Description: File Transfer");
    header ("Content-Length: ".filesize($thefile));
    header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$thefile);
    header ("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");

    $fopen = fopen($thefile);
    fpassthru($fopen);
    fclose ($fopen);
}

Ok why when the file download box comes up with the correct file path passed to the function, does it download the file but it wont open images etc, and text documents come up with a load of rubbish or they display some of the code from the download page.

File Download
I have a small script that does a 'force download' of a pdf file - the problem is while it downloads the correct file, when I attempt to open the file once download it is corrupted - I get the following error in Adobe Acrobat:
"There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired." Code:

Download .pdf File
I have successfully uploaded adobe .pdf's to a mssql 2005 server but now I am having issues downloading the file.

in IE
The download window will pop-up and ask to save or download.
if Download is chosen it will begin the transfer but stalls and says connect to server timeout.

if I open it I get binary description of the file.

in Firefox
The download window appears but the OK button is disabled.

I have been searching for different methods of downloading the file and here is the code that I have:

The file I am testing is only 213KB Code:

Download File
The following code, uploads an MP3 file to a folder located in the root directory of the server, whilst adding the files path to a database.

For each record in the database, how do I display the path as a link and upon a link being clicked, download the file? Code:

Create A Button To Export A Mysql Table To An Excel File.
Does anyone have the code that creates a link, and on click, takes a specified table in my database and exports and downloads an excel file?

Passing Radio Button Values To A Submit Button (gif)
How do i pass the value of the radio button to be put of the action
that includes the value as part of the URL being submitted - "/
picked.php?pick_num=". Any help with be appreciated. Thanks

<form method="post" action="/picked.php?pick_num=".<php? $value ?
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="0">

<table width="100%">
<td align="center">
<INPUT TYPE='RADIO' NAME='pick_1' VALUE=Ƈ'>Day;
<INPUT TYPE='RADIO' NAME='pick_2' VALUE=ƈ'>Week;
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><input type="img src="/images/pick_now.gif"
BORDER="0" name="send"></td>
</tr>
</table>

Forced File Download Changes Its Name
I couldn't find anything in previous posts about this, but i would have thought it was a common issue.

Basically I have a dynamically generated PDF file - which gets pushed to the user as a download when tney click on an <a href...> link.

To force the PDF to download I use the following headers:

Getting A File To Download And Not Display
I am having real trouble getting a file to download and not display in the browser, if it is of file type which is displayable in the browser.

I have tried to do this with the following script:

$filename = "sample.pdf";

$filesize = filesize("path to file on server");

header("Content-type: application/x-msdos-program");

header("Content-Length: " . $filesize);

header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$filename");

readfile("path to file on server") or die("Error Downloading File");

Ok, I have used this script before on a different server and it ran fine, however on the server I now work on, it opens the file in the browser(in what looks to be binary!).

File Download Issue
Does anyone know how to monitor the status of a file being downloaded from a php script? I have a file management system that checks out a file when a user goes through certain steps. I would like to eliminate some of these steps by monitoring whether or not the file is fully saved or the save as process is canceled. Any ideas?

Download File, Or Stream?
Is there a way with php using headers for example to cause a file, such as an mp3 to be downloaded, instead of IE trying to play the file, or winamp launching up and playing the file? I have some headers that output various kinds of files:

JPEG File Download Via PHP On Mac(IE)
I am trying to download a JPG file through a php page. The code is pretty straight forward, it obtains the filename from the query string, reads the file and outputs to the browser. Here is the code:

<?php
$filename = $_GET["file"];
$bytes = filesize("PATH_TO_FOLDER/$filename");
header("Content-type: application/jpg");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename="$filename"");
header("Content-length: $bytes");
//Read the file and output to browser
@readfile("PATH_TO_FOLDER/$filename");
//Code to record the download in database
?>

Originally I had "Content-type: image/jpeg"), but later on changed to "application/jpg" after reading through some forums on web. Both the content-types work fine in all browsers on a Windows PC, but they behave very differently with IE5.2 on MacOSX and IE5.1 on Mac OS9. The "Save As.." box does not open and the image gets displayed directly on the window. If I try to save the image by Ctrl+Click and Download to Disk, it shows the filename as "download.php" instead of the correct name "FILENAME.jpg" given in the Content-disposition header.

I did a lot of google and read in several forums that IE on Mac ignores the Content-disposition header. Is there any workaround for this. My aim is to display the "Save As.." dialog box on Mac IE (OSX and OS9), display the correct filename in the save as dialog box and allow the user to save the file through the dialog box.

(In Mozilla (Mac) it will download the file (but you have to be very quick as it tends to close the "What should Mozilla do with this file?" dialog quickly if you don't select the 'save' option and click 'ok'). Safari seems to be the only browser happy to download a .jpg file onto the disk.)

File Download Quirks
I have a php script that allows users to download files they selected
earlier in the session.
I use the following code snippet to do this:

## set up headers
header("Content-type: application/x-gzip");
header("Content-disposition: filename: $filename");
header("Filename: $filename");
header("Content-length: ".filesize("private/$filename"));

## now send the contents
@readfile("private/$filename");

The problem is that the downloaded file gets named as this php code's
file name, and not the actual file name. I mean, if the php code is
in a file named process.php and the file the users download is
myfile.zip, the browser chooses to save the file as process.php.gz.