John Davidson

Message:

I am trying to write a script to check if a file exists or not. If the file exists, start download of file.

$get_file = $_GET['file'];

$file_raw = '/var/www/data.xxxx.com/html/' . $get_file;

$file = str_replace(' ', '\\ ', $file_raw);;



if (!file_exists($file)) { // file does not exist

    die('file not found - ' . $file);

} else {

    if (file_exists($file)) {

        $fileName = basename($file);

        $fileSize = filesize($file);



        // Output headers.

        header("Cache-Control: private");

        header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");

        header("Content-Length: " . $fileSize);

        header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $fileName);



        // Output file.

        passthru("cat $file");

        exit();

    } else {

        die('The provided file path is not valid.');

    }

}

The issue I am encountering is if the $_GET request contains a space, I get a file not found. This is why I implemented the str_replace but this also does not help.

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My Answer:
Content-Type: application/octet-stream');_ header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $fileName . '"');_ header('Content-Length: ' . $fileSize);__ // Output file._ readfile($file);_ exit;_ } else {_ die('file not found - ' . $file);_ }_}

This code should work to download a file with spaces in the filename. The key is to use the `str_replace` function to replace spaces with `\ ` in the file path. This will ensure that the file path is correctly formatted for the `readfile` function to work properly.