Change Default Download Location in Php

Question

I want to change default download location in php Using header function I cant' find a parameter for that This is the definition of header

header(string $header, bool $replace = true, int $response_code = 0)

Edit: URL of solution Save current page as HTML to server

<?php
// Start the buffering //
ob_start();
?>

Your page content

<?php
echo '1';
file_put_contents('yourpage.html', ob_get_contents());
?>

Instead of yourpage.html you specifiy the path and it works Is there any solution for header or other alternative to just change default download location Thanks

I'd be surprised if this was possible - that's a client/user thing — brombeer, Jan 17 '22 at 08:05
How are you gonna address different OSes? How would you handle the download location not existing on a client machine? — brombeer, Jan 17 '22 at 08:10
I will create it , it is a directory in the project (on xampp) — userasktest, Jan 17 '22 at 08:13
Luckily, web sites don't have that degree of control over the browser. For a start, there's no way to know how the user's hard disk drive is set up. But I'm sure it would be easily exploitable to download malware. — Álvaro González, Jan 17 '22 at 08:14
Is there a way to convert this function to other alternative — userasktest, Jan 17 '22 at 08:17
header('Content-Disposition:attachement;filename=fichier.html ' , I need to add specific location in project — userasktest, Jan 17 '22 at 08:18
This is a client-side feature so you probably need some sort of client-side solution such as a browser extension or something like that. — Álvaro González, Jan 17 '22 at 09:25
There is buffer solution but I don't know how to implement it — userasktest, Jan 17 '22 at 09:32
"There is buffer solution" - what does that mean? Please add all clarification to your question by editing it — Nico Haase, Jan 17 '22 at 09:50

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '22 at 09:56

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URL of solution Save current page as HTML to server

<?php
// Start the buffering //
ob_start();
?>

Your page content

<?php
echo '1';
file_put_contents('yourpage.html', ob_get_contents());
?>

Instead of yourpage.html you specifiy the path and it works

answered Jan 17 '22 at 09:56

userasktest

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That won't trigger a download to the computer of the user of that website – Nico Haase Jan 17 '22 at 10:10
It will do that , I have tested it – userasktest Jan 17 '22 at 10:13
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What have you tested? It's completely impossible that running this code changes any file on any other computer than the server handling the request – Nico Haase Jan 17 '22 at 10:19
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That's because you're testing it in your own computer, most likely with an administrator user, so server and client are the same computer. – Álvaro González Jan 17 '22 at 12:02

Change Default Download Location in Php

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