Download link replacing slashes in path with underscores

[sac0o01]

So I am trying to download an image created with my php script.  I use the following for the download:

 

<?php
session_start();
$filename = $_SESSION['imgOut'];

header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename );

?>

 

The file downloads however instead of downloading  "example.jpg" from the /temp folder , it downloads "temp_example.jpg"  which of course is an empty file.

 

I am sure I am approaching this the wrong way, any suggestions?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The filename="..." attribute in the Content-Disposition header is just a string for the destination filename to use in the client. It is not the full path to where the file is on the server.

[sac0o01]

I see that now...so now I have to figure out how to call the image up.  If I echo $filename it returns the correct path  i.e.  temp/example.jpg

 

How do I go about downloading the image?  Right now I just tell users to right click and save but would like to have the download link or button.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

basename would give you just the filename to use in the Content-Disposition header attribute.

 

[Adam]

As for the actual file data, you need to quite literally echo the contents into the browser after you've sent the content-type header:

 

echo file_get_contents($filename);

Looking at the name of your session varibale ("imgOut"), is application/octet-stream really the right content-type to use here?