PHP: Download file script not working on iPad

Question

I have a file download script that I have written, which reads files from below public_html and allows the user to download them after checking to see if the user is logged

Answer 1

Apple has locked down the iOS devices so that you can't access the file structure. As such, they have disabled file downloads.

Answer 2

iOS Safari does not support file download..

Update: But if you are looking to open the .doc files on iPad then yes.. you can do that...

use following -

header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private",false);
header("Content-Type: application/msword");


readfile('file.doc');

the only difference in your code and mine is I removed the header for attachment Just remove these header -

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"file.doc\";" );
header("Content-Length: 50688");

Actually you can check for client operating system if operating system is iOS then don't add header for download like this -

header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private",false);
header("Content-Type: application/msword");

if (!Operating_System_Is_IOS)
{

     header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"file.doc\";" );
     header("Content-Length: 50688");

}

readfile(SITE_PATH .'/files/file.doc');

Answer 3

You can force the user to paste the link (with a time limited ID in it due to log in ...) into any third party app, like GoodReader. Or just let them view the doc file in the browser.