This post deals with creating a start downloading file using PHP. The idea is to make a download button which will redirect you to another page with the PHP script that will automatically start the download.
Creating a download button:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content= "width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style> .btn { background-color: limeGreen; border: none; color: white; padding: 12px 30px; cursor: pointer; font-size: 20px; } .btn:hover { background-color: green; } </style> </head> <body> <center> <p>Auto width:</p> <button class="btn"> <i class="fa fa-download">Download</i> </button> <p>Full width:</p> <button class="btn" style="width:100%"> <i class="fa fa-download">Download</i> </button> </center> </body> </html> |
Output:
To redirect to some file which has the file to be downloaded, create an HTML form as shown below.
<form action="downloadFile.php" method="post"> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Download" /> </form> |
Output:
PHP code to download: When the user clicks the above button, the code will be redirected to the “downloadFile.php” file. Now, use the URL of the file and PHP file_get_contents() function to download the file.
<?php // Initialize a file URL to // the variable $url = // Use basename() function to // return the file $file_name = basename($url); // Use file_get_contents() function // to get the file from url and use // file_put_contents() function to // save the file by using base name if(file_put_contents( $file_name, file_get_contents($url))) { echo "File downloaded successfully"; } else { echo "File downloading failed."; } ?> |
Output:
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Before running the program:
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After running the program:
