downloading a file with a different name with php

Question

Hi

maybe this is ridiculous but i wonder if it is possible to let your user to download a file with a different name.

for example; there is a file called "4324ffsd34.jpg" and i want ppl to download it by download.php, with a different name( like "filetodownload.jpg" ). without renaming original file.

is that possible in any way?

thanks

Answer 1

Sure, use a Content-disposition header

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filetodownload.jpg"');

Answer 2

Sure you can, just try something like this:

$original_filename = '4324ffsd34.jpg';

// headers to send your file
header("Content-Type: application/jpeg");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($original_filename));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filetodownload.jpg"');

// upload the file to the user and quit
readfile($original_filename);
exit;

Hope it helps!