Uploading a file from Yii
I am using Yii framework and I have a website to allow an admin to upload a text file or pdf file. Now I want to allow the user to click the link and start downloading that file. How is this achieved internally in Yii framework?
I store files in Yiiapplication / uploads / downloads / test.txt.
I have tried the following code I found on the internet, but it doesn't work.
Yii::app()->request->sendFile(Yii::getPathOfAlias('webroot').'/uploads/downloads/23602414.txt','click me');
I need to improve it all it loads is a text file with 'which is not the original content of the file. <a href=
source to share
if you'd rather not use an extension, why not try to create a simple force loading method.
public function downloadFile($fullpath){
if(!empty($fullpath)){
header("Content-type:application/pdf"); //for pdf file
//header('Content-Type:text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15');
//if you want to read text file using text/plain header
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($fullpath).'"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($fullpath));
readfile($fullpath);
Yii::app()->end();
}
}
public function actionDownload(){
$path = Yii::getPathOfAlias('webroot')."/uploads/downloads/23602414.pdf";
$this->downloadFile($path);
}
and make a link to download these files
<?php echo CHtml::link('Download file',array('youController/download')); ?>
you can improve this code by making the content type more flexible in the type of file to check before choosing the header type. Maybe pdf | txt | jpeg | etc.
source to share
Download the extension from here http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/cfile/
// Set Your file path
$myfile = Yii::app()->file->set(Yii::app()->basePath.'/../uploads/documents/'.$_GET['file'], true);
if (Yii::app()->file->set(Yii::app()->basePath.'/../uploads/documents/'.$_GET['file'])->exists){
$myfile->download();
} else {
echo Translate::__('File Not Found');
}
source to share