what`s wrong with this .htaccess file ?

Options All -Indexes
AddType application/octet-stream .pdf

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the force download is not working for the pdf file , so what is wrong with this file ?

 

anyone can help plz ?

 

it didn`t work

 

In order to force downloading of a file you will need to use the Content-Disposition header, which tells the browser what to do with the file.

The most common way of setting this header is by using a download script - here's a simple one I whipped up just for you (released into public domain):

<?php
$file=$_REQUEST['file'].'.pdf';
if(file_exists($file)==false){die;}
if(strstr($file,'..')!=false || substr($file,0,1)=='/'){die;} # security measure
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));
header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($file));
readfile($file);
?>

PHP:

upload above script into your download directory and name it pdf.php.

change links to your pdf files like so:

my-pdf-file.pdf
-- becomes --
pdf.php?file=my-pdf-file

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If you don't want to use a script there may be a way to send the needed Content-Disposition header using the Header directive from the mod_headers module - just add it to the .htaccess file you already have:

Options All -Indexes
AddType application/octet-stream .pdf
Header set Content-Disposition "attachment; filename=file.pdf"

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Note that this 2nd method won't work if you have non-pdf files in the directory / subdirectory.

Just be sure not to do both methods!

 

actually i found a way to make the htaccess works but except IE ? this is it

Options All -Indexes
<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
  ForceType application/octet-stream
  Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>[B][/B]

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