When I click on my preview button it downloads my file But I only want to be able to force download when I click on the path link in the foreach loop on view.
Question how can I force download when I click on a link in my foreach loop on view. Currently when I click on my preview button it downloads link which is wrong.
I have a attachments array on controller.
Controller
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Preview.php (Size: 1.28 KB / Downloads: 3)
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newthread_preview_view.php (Size: 500 bytes / Downloads: 4)
Question how can I force download when I click on a link in my foreach loop on view. Currently when I click on my preview button it downloads link which is wrong.
I have a attachments array on controller.
PHP Code:
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-heading"><h1 class="panel-title">Preview</h1></div>
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
<?php echo $message;?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {?>
<div class="col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-12">
<!-- Click link below to download.-->
<a class="<?php echo $attachment['path'];?>"><?php echo $attachment['file_name'];?></a>
</div>
<?php }?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Controller
PHP Code:
<?php
class Preview extends MX_Controller {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->library('parsedown');
$this->parsedown->setLiteralBreaks(true);
$this->load->helper('download');
}
public function index() {
if ($this->input->post('newthread_preview')) {
$data['message'] = $this->parsedown->text($this->input->post('message'));
$data['attachments'] = array();
$results = $this->get_attachments($this->input->post('post_code'));
if ($results) {
foreach ($results as $result) {
$url = base_url() . 'uploads/' . $result['attachment_name'];
$path = FCPATH . 'uploads/' . $result['attachment_name'];
$data['attachments'][] = array(
'file_name' => $result['file_name'],
'path' => $this->downloadFile($path)
);
}
}
$this->load->view('template/forum/newthread_preview_view', $data);
}
}
public function get_attachments($post_code) {
$this->db->where('post_code', $post_code);
$query = $this->db->get($this->db->dbprefix . 'attachments');
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
return $query->result_array();
} else {
return FALSE;
}
}
public function downloadFile($attachment_name) {
return force_download($attachment_name, NULL);
}
}
Preview.php (Size: 1.28 KB / Downloads: 3)
newthread_preview_view.php (Size: 500 bytes / Downloads: 4)