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phpcodeigniterforce-download
user8668708
user8668708

Reputation:

CodeIgniter force_download function does not work

In the following code example, i am calling the download page. However, force_download does not work. There is no redirection, it stays on the same page because of i called the page as index.php/sample/download. Only the url is changing. But the download is not triggered. Also i can not call the page as direct /sample/download. Although i specify the required configuration for index.php (index_page), if i do not specify the download link as /sample/index.php/sample/download, it returns 404 error.

application/controller/Sample.php

class Sample extends MY_Controller {
    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url_helper', 'download'));           
        $this->load->model('Sample_model');
    }

    public function index() {
        $data = $this->getData();
        $this->load->view('sample/view', $data);
    }

    public function download() {
        $data = 'Here is some text!';
        $name = 'mytext.txt';
        force_download($name, $data);
    }
}

application/views/sample/view.php

<a href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>index.php/sample/download">Download file</a>

application/config/config.php

$config['index_page']   = '';
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'REQUEST_URI';

application/config/routes.php

$route['default_controller']    = 'Sample';
$route['404_override']          = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes']  = FALSE;
$route['sample']                = 'sample/index';
$route['sample/download']       = 'sample/download';

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1168

Answers (1)

Anfath Hifans
Anfath Hifans

Reputation: 1598

update your codes by following,

application/controller/Sample.php

class Sample extends CI_Controller {
    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url_helper', 'download'));           
        $this->load->model('Sample_model');
    }

    public function index() {
        //$data = $this->getData();                 // NOT DEFINED
        $this->load->view('sample/view', $data);
    }

    public function download() {
        $data = 'Here is some text!';
        $name = 'mytext.txt';
        force_download($name, $data);
    }
}

application/views/sample/view.php

<a href="<?= base_url('sample/download'); ?>">Download file</a>

application/config/routes.php

$route['default_controller']    = 'sample';
$route['404_override']          = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes']  = FALSE;
$route['sample']                = 'sample/index';
$route['sample/download']       = 'sample/download';

make sure your .htaccess file like same below

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

Upvotes: 0

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