By default most of the file types (eg: txt, jpg, png, gif, html, pdf, etc.) displayed in browser instead of download. But we can force browser to download these files instead of showing them.This tutorial goes over how to force file download in php.
<?php
//file path to download
$file_name=$_GET['file'];
$outputfilename = "<DOWNLOAD_FILE_NAME>";
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
//set content type
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
//file name to save it may be different from original filename
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename($outputfilename) . "\";" );
//sends file size header to browser
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file_name));
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Cache-Control: public');
header('Pragma: public');
ob_clean();
//outputs file content to download stream
readfile($file_name);
exit;
?>
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