As you know, certain file types are displayed in a browser when clicked on or opened, such as images, audio/video, pdf, etc. Sometimes you want to make these files available for download from a link instead of opening in the browser. This script will allow you to do that. It also hides the download location from your visitors so they will not be able to discover your directory layout. This is helpful if you find your site is being randomly searched by hackers or bots.

(dlhelper.zip)

After extracting the dlhelper.php file, use a plain text editor and modify the value of the $dl_path variable. This value is relative to your site’s root directory. For example, if your download directory is (root)/mysite/downloads then the line would read:

$dl_path = "mysite/downloads";

After making the appropriate configuration change, upload the dlhelper.php file to the desired directory on your web site.

In SiteSpinner, you can execute the script using a link written as follows:

path-to-script/dlhelper.php?file=file-to-download

where path-to-script/ is the directory on your site where you uploaded the script (nothing if you used the root folder), and file-to-download is the file to be downloaded.