Response::download -> Error 500

Question

In Laravel 4.0, I'm trying to create a (forced) download link for a pdf which is located in public/assets/files/cvde.pdf

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The view:

<a href="curry/cvde">deutsch</a>

The route:

Route::get('curry/{file}', 'HomeController@downloadCV');

The controller method:

public function downloadCV($file) {
    return Response::download(public_path() . '/assets/files/' . $file . '.pdf', array(
            'Content-Type'=>'application/octet-stream',
            'Content-Disposition'=>'attachment; filename="' . $file . '.pdf"'
        )
    );
}

I'm getting an 500-error and the browser points to public/curry/cvde.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Firstly, did you manually check if the file is accessible? secondly I believe your request is wrongly formatted:

/**
     * Create a new file download response.
     *
     * @param  SplFileInfo|string  $file
     * @param  string  $name
     * @param  array   $headers
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse
     */
    public static function download($file, $name = null, array $headers = array())
    {
            ....
    }