I'm trying to find a way so when a user clicks on a link to pdf file it doesn't open but triggers the download action in the browser

 

from what I've read I need to add an extra http header but I'm not too sure where this would be added or is there another way

 

thanks

http://elouai.com/force-download.php

 

Try googling next time as there are many easily found scripts available.

http://elouai.com/force-download.php

 

Try googling next time as there are many easily found scripts available.

 

 

Yes did try googling sorry wasn't sure what to search for is there a solution without php ?

I ended up using php in the end

 

here's the code I used if its useful for anyone I put the pdf in the same folder as the php and then added the name of the php file before the pdf in the link

 

example href="forms/file.php/file.pdf"

 

 

 

<?php

$pdf = substr($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'], 1);

if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+.pdf$/', $pdf) == 0) {
print "Illegal name: $pdf";
return;
}

header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-disposition: Attachment; filename=' . $pdf);
readfile('path_to_pdfs' . $pdf);
?>