php get file from ftp server and display save file dialog

Question

I have a php page running on an apache server and a ftp server that stores the files, on a different machine. The ftp server is not accessible from outside.

I would like that when the user clicks a button on my webpage, the php server connects to the ftp server, retrieves a file, and displays a save as dialog, so that the user can store it.

Any help is appreciated, Radu

We need code. However, on PHP's manpage for readfile there is a nice little download script. — Cole Tobin
– Cole Tobin, Commented Aug 12, 2012 at 11:26
What code would you need? I only called the ftp in order to retrieve the file, but I do not know how to open the save file dialog without saving the file locally. — Radu Paise
– Radu Paise, Commented Aug 12, 2012 at 11:28

jackkorbin · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-18 13:44:27Z

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Here you Go.. in download.php write this

$file = 'location/of/your/file.ext';
readfile($file);
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$file);
header("Content-Type: application/zip");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");

This should work :)

answered May 18, 2014 at 13:44

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