Outputs a file
Syntax
readfile ( string $filename [, bool $use_include_path = FALSE [, resource $context ]] ) : int
Parameters
filename
The filename being read.
use_include_path
You can use the optional second parameter and set it to TRUE, if you want to search for the file in the include_path, too.
context
A context stream resource.
Return
Returns the number of bytes read from the file on success, or FALSE on failure
Examples
<?
$file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/assets/txt/file.txt';
if (file_exists($file)) {
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file) . '"');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
exit;
}
?>
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