how to write php function to download file

[mukeshrasm]

Hi

I want to give user a facility to download content so how can I do it using php

[Markus]

Hi

I want to give user a facility to download content so how can I do it using php

here
Scroll down to the part about content disposition.

[mukeshrasm]

here
Scroll down to the part about content disposition.

I tried this code

header('Content-type: application/pdf');

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="book.pdf"');

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('book.pdf');

but in the browser it shows only some garbage values.

[harshmaul]

the browser probably hasn't got a plug in for pdf files

[mukeshrasm]

the browser probably hasn't got a plug in for pdf files

which kind of plugin browser requires and will the same doce work for text or doc file.

[harshmaul]

which browser are you using?

downloads available at

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/