Question

I have a pdf file on my server. I want to create such link that, user can click on it and download that pdf file. I am using Zend frame work with Php.

Answer 1

place this code inside a php file and call it f.e. “download.php”:

<?php

$fullPath = "path/to/your/file.ext";

if ($fd = fopen ($fullPath, "r")) {

    $fsize = filesize($fullPath);
    $path_parts = pathinfo($fullPath);
    $ext = strtolower($path_parts["extension"]);

    header("Content-type: application/pdf");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\"");            
    header("Content-length: $fsize");
    header("Cache-control: private");

    while(!feof($fd)) {
        $buffer = fread($fd, 2048);
        echo $buffer;
    }
}

fclose ($fd);
exit;

?>

Example: place this kind of link into the document where the file download is offered:

<a href="download.php?download_file=some_file.pdf">Download here</a>

More Detail:

http://www.finalwebsites.com/forums/topic/php-file-download