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hi,
i'm developing component torrents catalog joomla 1.5. i'm new @ developing coponents joomla.
my problem is, i'd send file user, hide real path file.
i thought php header function solution:

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<?php
header('content-type: application/pdf');

header('content-disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');

readfile('original.pdf');
?>


i put code in 1 of component controller method, dosen't work, cause headers sent before joomla call task method. sory english, hope u know mean.

any ideas?

i found following somewhere in google , works me:

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function force_download($filename, $name ) {
      $filesize = filesize($filename);
      if($filesize) {
          ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 'off');
   
          /* ie fix : firefox compatible */
          header("content-type: application/application/octet-stream\n");
          header("content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$name\"");
          /* read */
          $contents = fread(fopen($filename, "rb"), filesize($filename));
          /* print */
          echo $contents;
          exit;
      } else {
          return 0;
      }
   }