PHP output file on disk to browser

Question

I want to serve an existing file to the browser in PHP. I\'ve seen examples about image/jpeg but that function seems to save a file to disk and you have to create a right si

Answer 1

There is fpassthru() that should do exactly what you need. See the manual entry to read about the following example:

See here for all of PHP's filesystem functions.

If it's a binary file you want to offer for download, you probably also want to send the right headers so the "Save as.." dialog pops up. See the 1st answer to this question for a good example on what headers to send.