how to download the video using php script

Question

In my program I want to add a download option to download the currently straming video. I tried this code:

$psp = \"Tom_20_amp__20Jerry_20race-1.flv\";
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Answer 1

If you are looking to allow files to be downloaded instead of streamed then something like this should work. You will obviously need to change the paths.

// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/pdf');

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="download.pdf"');

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');

EDIT

In your case it will be something like this.

// We'll be outputting a video
header('Content-type: video/flv');

// It will be called video.flv
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="video.flv"');

// The PDF source is in original.flv
readfile('original.flv');

Answer 2

Change you're header from :

header("Content-type:application/octet-stream");

To :

header("Content-type: video/flv");

Then you can do :

header("Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=\"$psp\"");
//allways a good idea to let the browser know how much data to expect
header("Content-length: " . filesize($psp) . "\n\n"); 
echo file_get_contents($psp); //$psp should contain the full path to the video