How can I make it so that when a user visits a file in a specified folder, I can force the file to be downloaded?
I know it's possible to do this type by type using .htaccess and you can force a file to download using a php script, but how can I force download the file they visited within the specified folder without a php script?
Currently, when you view a file that the browser knows how to read, it reads the file instead of downloading it. I want it to automatically download all files in the folder instead of reading ones that the browser supports.
The "mod_headers" module should be available.. then you can add this to your .htaccess file.
By type:
<FilesMatch "\.jpg$">
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
Header set Content-Type application/octet-stream
</FilesMatch>
A specific file by name:
<Files test.jpg>
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
Header set Content-Type application/octet-stream
</Files>
Put it to the .htaccess file in the specific folder with your file to download.
For the whole folder leave out Files/FilesMatch directive.