Downloading from php href

[Eunico Cornelius]

Hi, I am trying to make a download button using <a href="$page->files->sample.pdf" download>download</a>. What am I doing wrong here?

[flydev]

Hi,

check the doc :

• https://processwire.com/api/ref/pagefile/
• https://processwire.com/api/ref/pagefile/url/

 

Your link markup should be something like that :

<a href="{$page->myfilesfield->first->url}" download>download</a>

 

A tutorial :

 

Edited March 21, 2018 by flydev
tutorial link

[Eunico Cornelius]

58 minutes ago, flydev said:

Hi,

check the doc :

• https://processwire.com/api/ref/pagefile/
• https://processwire.com/api/ref/pagefile/url/

 

Your link markup should be something like that :

<a href="{$page->myfilesfield->first->url}" download>download</a>

 

A tutorial :

 

I've seen this tutorial. However, I am trying to download the file by only using href="" and not tweaking _init.php. Let's say for example the file I have uploaded to the page is called sample.pdf . what would be the href parameter to download the file from the page?  

 

I tried this 

foreach ($page->files as $file) { 
        
        echo "<a href='{$page->files->url}' download>download {$file->name}</a><br>"; 
        
    }

but it gives me a 403 error.

Sorry I am new to this kind of thing.

Help anyone?

[Eunico Cornelius]

Here is the answer I've been searching for

<?php 
    foreach ($page->files as $file) { 
        
        echo "<a href='{$file->url}' download>download {$file->name}</a><br>"; 
        
    }
?>

Thank you for the help