[GSTAR]

Does Yii have any built-in functionality to force a "file/save as" dialog when clicking on a file URL?

[GSTAR]

Anyone able to advise?

[dimis283]

The simplest is to create a action to download this file.
I thing there are 'download files' classes at http://www.phpclasses.org/

[Volli]

http://www.yiiframew...sendFile-detail in combination with a controller action

[GSTAR]

Can you give me exaple please, I have no idea how to do this.

[dimis283]

The first class that I have in mind is this and codeigniter simiral class.
I thing you can get the code of this class and use it as extension.

[Volli]

Here is an example. Call it with yourdomain.tld/index.php?r=test/download
The file lies in the folder "download" under your document root.

Controller Test:

/**
 * Download of the file
 */
public function actionDownload()
{
	$file = '/download/document.pdf';
	return Yii::app()->getRequest()->sendFile(basename($file), @file_get_contents(Yii::app()->getBasePath().'/..'.$file));
}

[GSTAR]

No actually I want to create a link to the file itself, e.g. document.docx

In IE by default it opens up the document within the browser window. But I have seem some sites whereby you are always given the option to save the file even if it is a direct link to the file.

[GSTAR]

I don't suppose I could add .htaccess rules to do this? The only file types I am dealing with are .pdf and .doc