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PHP Download String

PHP function to force a browser to download the contents of a string variable as a file to the user's computer


function download_string($data,$filename,$mime_type='text/plain')
{
    header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
    header("Content-Type: $mime_type");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
    header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
    header('Expires: 0');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
    header('Pragma: public');
    header('Content-Length: ' . strlen($data));
    ob_clean();
    flush();

    echo $data;
}

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