How can a file be offered for download to the browser using the link $path."/".$download?

To offer a file for download to the browser using the link $path."/".$download, you can use the PHP header() function to set the content type and disposition for the file. This will prompt the browser to download the file instead of displaying it. Additionally, you can use readfile() function to output the contents of the file to the browser. 

<?php
// Set the path to the file
$path = "/path/to/files";
$download = "example.txt";

// Set the headers to force download the file
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $download);

// Output the file contents
readfile($path . "/" . $download);
?>

Keywords

PHP file download browser link path

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