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Chong Lip Phang
Chong Lip Phang

Reputation: 9279

How to hide a download link

I have a PHP script that is supposed to allow the users to download a file without showing the URL. When I try out the following, the file I download is empty. Could someone please help?

<?php
$file_name = 'test.exe';
$file_url = 'https://www.example.com/' . $file_name;
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=".$file_name); 
readfile($file_url);
?>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5449

Answers (1)

liyakat
liyakat

Reputation: 11853

you should use like this

header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary")
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"file.exe\""); 
echo readfile($url);

also content type based on your file application/zip, application/pdf etc

AND or better one for exe

header("Location: $url");

Upvotes: 2

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