Force: Download Updated Header

You can force downloads for specific file types across your entire server using an .htaccess file.

Ensure no whitespace or HTML tags are sent before your headers, or the download will fail. force download header

Always wrap your filename in double quotes to handle spaces correctly. You can force downloads for specific file types

header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="report.pdf"'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize('report.pdf')); readfile('report.pdf'); Use code with caution. 2. Apache (.htaccess) header('Content-Length: ' . filesize('report.pdf'))

location ~* \.(pdf|zip)$ add_header Content-Disposition 'attachment'; Use code with caution. Critical Content Types