php script for file download from php web page code example

Example 1: php file download from url

Since PHP 5.1.0, file_put_contents() supports writing piece-by-piece by passing a stream-handle as the $data parameter:

file_put_contents("Tmpfile.zip", fopen("http://someurl/file.zip", 'r'));
From the manual:

If data [that is the second argument] is a stream resource, the remaining buffer of that stream will be copied to the specified file. This is similar with using stream_copy_to_stream().

(Thanks Hakre.)

Example 2: php download script

<?php
/*Actual filename = 'attachment.zip' (Unknown to the viewers).
When downloaded to be saved as 'mydownload.zip'.
*/
$filename='mydownload.zip';
@header("Content-type: application/zip");
@header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
echo file_get_contents('attachment.zip');
?>