Download button issues

jessnoonyes · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 29

I want to make a "download" button on my website that when pressed will download a file from my server. This is the code that I have:

<?php
$filename = "Book7_backup4.exe";

header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filename));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Book7_backup4');

readfile($filename);
?>

But when I test it this is the message that I get:

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: Stat failed for Book7_backup4.exe (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php on line 4

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php:4) in /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php on line 4

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php:4) in /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php on line 5

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php:4) in /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php on line 6

Warning: readfile(Book7_backup4.exe) [function.readfile]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/waldronf/public_html/maintenance-business/download.php on line 8

What does that mean? Do you know how I can fix it?

Thanks!

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1260 Location: Biloxi, MS

Maybe this example will help you simplify your code:

Create a Download Link or Button

Ron