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force_download on a link - El Forum - 08-26-2011
[eluser]Wonder Woman[/eluser]
Hi there,
I want to force a file to download when a user clicks on a link or a button...I have tried this with no such luck.
Can you help me? I currently have the following code...
view:
Code:
echo anchor(base_url().'admin/data/download/'.$record['file_name'], 'Download');controller:
Code:
function download() {
$this->load->helper('download');
$data = file_get_contents('./uploads/data/'.$this->uri->segment(4));
$name = $this->uri->segment(4);
force_download($name, $data);
$this->load->view('admin/data/index');
}Many thanks!