Topic: Make it download

I have an application for membership up on the website I run. It is a .doc. I would like the "What would you like to do" window to pop up when the link is clicked on. Instead, the browser tries to display the file itself and it ends up being unreadable. Is there a way to force the download option?
www.bonfirecoalition.com is the site and http://stuact.tamu.edu/stuorgs/bcs/downloads/Application for BCSnew.doc is the file I want to be downloaded.

I believe this is something that can be done on the server side only.

If you have PHP available, try this script:

<?

$filename = $_GET['file'];



// To prevent caching

header("Pragma: public");

header("Expires: 0");

header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");



// To tell the browser to download

header("Content-Type: application/force-download");

header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");

header("Content-Type: application/save");



// To get a Save prompt and suggested filename

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($filename).";");



// To send in binary

header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");

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



// Read the file already

readfile("$filename");

exit();

?>

Would probably be easiest to save it as "download.php" in the directory the .doc file is in and link to the file with "download.php?file=blub.doc".

Instead of the "octet-stream" header you might also try one specifically for Word documents, though I'm pretty sure it'll work as it is as well.

Yep - its largely covered in the PHP manual:
http://www.php.net/header

but I think the best way would be to zip it up which does everyone a favour

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

You shouldn't force people to download something they may have configured to open in their browser IMO.

HZR: That's a fine theory. Except what gets displayed is this:

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I don't really know PHP. I appreciate you doing that work for me but I don't even know if that option is available to me. I'll guess I'll zip it up. I wanted to avoid that since it is only a 20kb file anyway.

Thanks guys.



It's pronounced "Spikes!"

Something must be wrong then. Could it be something with your compuuter or does it happen everywhere (The URL you posted says "Error! The file you requested was not found.", so I can't see it)?

Oh I see. UBB breaks it up.

the solution to your problem is to tweak the mime settings serverside with a .htaccess file-

upload an .htaccess file to the webdirectory containing the line

AddType application/msword doc

Then change the file permissions so that it is executable

/* Sure, go ahead and code in your fancy IDE. Just remember: it's all fun and games until someone puts an $i out */