[newuser22]

hi, my code works fine for the pdf only,users can view pdf files on their browser or save the file. However, I would like to force download for other file types(doc,ppt).

p.s: i tried doing so by changing inline to attachment,it worked but it forces download for pdf as well.

header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');

Complete code:

$file = 'dir/file.pdf';
$filename = 'file.pdf';


header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
@readfile($file);

[Dormilich]

you would need to send the attachment property for all files that are not PDF and inline for PDFs.

alternatively, you could try to change the server settings via .htaccess

[codeprada]

Hey,

Try changing the content type to application/octet-stream. Another thing to note is you shouldn't be using the @ operator to silence error messages. Instead, use a error handler.

[newuser22]

Thank you #3 codeprada and #2 Dormilich. it works fine now