PHP Download won't work online

Grandy · Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 11

I want to have free downloads on my page. I received the info from you back around July and it works fine in my HTML editor. Now that I'm on line it doesn't work. All the info is on the page. The zip file is in the download folder. The PHP is in the main folder for my site.
I tried placing the PHP in the download folder. but it didn't work either. I must be doing something wrong, Please help.
Grandy

Example of what is on my page:
a href="download.php"
a href="Downloads/Nutcrackers.zip"

Here is the page address:http://www.grandyscupboard.com/freebies1.html

Here is the code you sent to me:
Step 1

Try this:
Put this on the page that you want to have the download button:

<a href="download.php">Download Now! </a>

Step 2
Then create a new file, name it "download.php"
put this in the note pad:

<?php
$filename = "whatever.zip";

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

readfile($filename);
?>

Change the "whatever.zip" to the name of your file

Grandy · Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 11

I found the problem with the help of another person.
When I uploaded my files it changed my Capitols to small letters, but I still had caps on my page.
the word Download to download made the difference.
Hugs Grandy