PHP file Download Script

This article represent you how to download any files from php web server to local machine. This application works mainly on the header of the PHP.

Demo:

 <?php  
 $file = 'monkey.gif';  
 if (file_exists($file)) {  
   header('Content-Description: File Transfer');  
   header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');  
   header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));  
   header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');  
   header('Expires: 0');  
   header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');  
   header('Pragma: public');  
   header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));  
   ob_clean();  
   flush();  
   readfile($file);  
   exit;  
 }?>