Please I am new to php and I have not been able to figure out why this code is not working. I tried downloading this docx file however, it downloads the file but when I open the file, nothing shows on the file. It is empty. I believe the file is corrupted and this is due to the code. The code is below:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['file_name']))
{
$file = $_POST['file_name'];
echo $file;
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$file.'');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile('resumeFolder/'.$file);
exit();
}
?>
<form action="force_download.php" method="post" name="downloadform">
<input name="file_name" value=" Aunt_CC_Letter.docx" type="hidden">
<input type="submit" value="Download the MP3">
</form>
$file currently holds the file name only. In readfile($file), $file should be the complete path of the file present on the server, not just the name. And it should be located on that path. I think, in your case, the problem is that the file is not present on the server.