Redirecting a page URL to a file

[cb2004]

So I have this working using:

$session->redirect($page->file->url);

However I tried using $http->sendfile and $files->send as I thought they would be better but they didn't work. Any thoughts?

[Robin S]

8 hours ago, cb2004 said:

However I tried using $http->sendfile and $files->send as I thought they would be better but they didn't work.

Both of these are the same and they work like this:

$files->send($page->file->filename);

And you can force the download for file types that might otherwise open in the browser like this:

$files->send($page->file->filename, ['forceDownload' => true]);

 

[szabesz]

10 hours ago, Robin S said:

And you can force the download for file types that might otherwise open in the browser like this:

$files->send($page->file->filename, ['forceDownload' => true]);

 

In addition to this – depending on the context where one uses it –, one might need other options too, see:

https://processwire.com/api/ref/wire-http/send-file/