I have uploaded a pdf file in ftp server. The following link opens pdf file in the browser.
http://aptform.culinarysuperstars.com/Appointment_static.pdf
How to create a link for pdf file so that it is downloaded directly instead of opening in the browser?
Locate the .htaccess-file on your FTP server. This is usually hidden, so you might have to make sure you can view and edit hidden files. You can then modify it to force downloads instead of showing up in the browser.
Include the following in the file:
AddType application/octet-stream .pdf
I am unsure whether this will work in any browser; if not, try the following in the .htaccess-file:
<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
Method 2:
<FilesMatch "\.(pdf)$" >
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header add Content-Disposition "attachment"
</FilesMatch>
This is something you can't really control, it's based on browser/user settings.
If you're able to, you can try sending the header Content-disposition: attachment; filename="Appointment_static.pdf" with the file contents, which might trigger a download dialog rather than the file being shown in the browser, but you can't really rely on that.
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Internet Explorer is displaying contents of some files instead of downloading them. I was able to fix this by adding
<FilesMatch "\.(asapt|ob2|cub)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
to .htaccess. It works for .asapt and .cub files, but strangely not for .ob2 (they are still being displayed in-browser). Why?
I know we can make file downloadable using
AddType application/octect-stream .png
But if I have a file that dont have any extension (FileName) then how I will make that downloadable? or is there anyway to make all file downloadable within a directory?
You can try this directive on your site configuration (apache2):
DefaultType application/octet-stream
And this for nginx:
default_type application/octet-stream;
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#defaulttype
https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html
Use this in .htaccess is recommended:
<filesMatch "^([^.]+)$">
Header set Content-Disposition "attachment"
</filesMatch>
(This won't work with Chrome, it will append ".txt" to the filename, and it's a known bug)
This will prevent browser from showing the file content inline and let browser download it instead.
Executable file extension like .php (if you've installed), your browser will download the execution result(not the source code), is that what you want?
I want to configure my htaccess for force downloading all files except PDF. For this I tried following:
<FilesMatch "\.(?!pdf)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
But this not working. There are many examples for forcing downloads files, but no for excluding…
I have a csv file in my server for which I show the link and the user is allowed to download it. But the file is being opened directly in IE9 instead of just showing the link. For other browsers its working correctly. I have also done the following setup in my httpd.conf file for Apache.
<FilesMatch "\.(?i:csv)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition "attachment"
</FilesMatch>
This is working correctly in my local machine, the issue is only happening when I run it in a server.
I have download directory on apache webserver. Files in this directory have specific extensions. For example *.yyy and *.zzz. But all these files are renamed .zip or .tar.gz
I've tested in different brawsers and havn't got any problems.
But some users tell that they get source of packages, not download.
I've created.htaccess
AddType application/zip .zzz
AddType application/x-gzip .yyy
But when I try to download aaa.yyy in MS Internet Explorer it try to save not aaa.yyy but aaa.gz
How to force browsers download files and not to change extensions?
<FilesMatch "\.(zzz|yyy)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
Force type tell browsers that you dont know file type. So they are not going to do any thing stupid. Second line will tell them to download this file.