Download files in laravel using Response::download

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In Laravel application I'm trying to achieve a button inside view that can allow user to download file without navigating to any other view or route Now I have two issues: (1) below function throwing 

The file "/public/download/info.pdf" does not exist

(2) Download button should not navigate user to anywhere and rather just download files on a same view, My current settings, routing a view to '/download'

Here is how Im trying to achieve:

Button:

  <a href="/download" class="btn btn-large pull-right"><i class="icon-download-alt"> </i> Download Brochure </a>

Route :

Route::get('/download', 'HomeController@getDownload');

Controller :

public function getDownload(){
        //PDF file is stored under project/public/download/info.pdf
        $file="./download/info.pdf";
        return Response::download($file);
}
laravel-4 laravel-routing laravel php
12 Answers

Try this.

public function getDownload()
{
    //PDF file is stored under project/public/download/info.pdf
    $file= public_path(). "/download/info.pdf";

    $headers = array(
              'Content-Type: application/pdf',
            );

    return Response::download($file, 'filename.pdf', $headers);
}

"./download/info.pdf"will not work as you have to give full physical path.

Update 20/05/2016

Laravel 5, 5.1, 5.2 or 5.* users can use the following method instead of Response facade. However, my previous answer will work for both Laravel 4 or 5. (the $header array structure change to associative array =>- the colon after 'Content-Type' was deleted - if we don't do those changes then headers will be added in wrong way: the name of header wil be number started from 0,1,...)

$headers = [
              'Content-Type' => 'application/pdf',
           ];

return response()->download($file, 'filename.pdf', $headers);
user_15819930

HTML href link click:

<a ="{{ route('download',$name->file) }}"> Download  </a>

In controller:

public function download($file){
    $file_path = public_path('uploads/cv/'.$file);
    return response()->download( $file_path);
}

In route:

Route::get('/download/{file}','Controller@download')->name('download');
user_142004510 
 HTML link click 
<a class="download" href="{{route('project.download',$post->id)}}">DOWNLOAD</a>


// Route

Route::group(['middleware'=>['auth']], function(){
    Route::get('file-download/{id}', 'PostController@downloadproject')->name('project.download');
});

public function downloadproject($id) {

        $book_cover = Post::where('id', $id)->firstOrFail();
        $path = public_path(). '/storage/uploads/zip/'. $book_cover->zip;
        return response()->download($path, $book_cover
            ->original_filename, ['Content-Type' => $book_cover->mime]);

    }
user_112153860

This is html part 

 <a href="{{route('download',$details->report_id)}}" type="button" class="btn btn-primary download" data-report_id="{{$details->report_id}}" >Download</a>

This is Route :

Route::get('/download/{id}', 'users\UserController@getDownload')->name('download')->middleware('auth');

This is function : 

public function getDownload(Request $request,$id)
{
                $file= public_path(). "/pdf/";  //path of your directory
                $headers = array(
                    'Content-Type: application/pdf',
                );
                 return Response::download($file.$pdfName, 'filename.pdf', $headers);      
}
user_79956120

If you want to use the JavaScript download functionality then you can also do

 <a onclick="window.open('info.pdf) class="btn btn-large pull-right"><i class="icon-download-alt"> </i> Download Brochure </a>

Also remember to paste the info.pdf file in your public directory of your project

user_81241400

you can use simply inside your controller: return response()->download($filePath); Happy coding :)

user_104278070
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