does anyone know how to write code to download something off a site?

Put it into a .zip file then just link to it..

Otherwise just create a link to the file and tell the user to right click save target as

thanks for the help, i didnt' realize it would be that easy

Or use this if you create the code yourself:

PHP Code:


    $t = "test contents";

    header("Pragma: public");
    header("Cache-control: public");
    
    // Already expired, reload each time (debug)
    header("Expires: " . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s',time() - 10000) . ' GMT');
    header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=something.txt");
    header("Content-Type: txt");
    header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
    header("Content-Length: " . strlen($t));

    echo $t;