How to download file Using PHP that has delayed force download?
Get the solution ↓↓↓I am at a situation, where I need to download files from the URL, it is easy with the direct file URLs like https://somedomain.com/some-path/somefile.exe
file_put_contents( $save_file_loc, file_get_contents($url_to_download);
But what to do when you have delayed force download from the URL which actually prints HTML and how to differentiate those URL?
Example URL: https://filehippo.com/download_mozilla-firefox-64/post_download/
EDIT: On above url the file download starts using JS, as I tested with blocking JS and download did not start.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Answer
Solution:
- Read the html of the URL using
file_get_contents
- Find the URL of the file within the HTML. You'll have to visit the page and view source to locate the URL. In your example of https://filehippo.com/download_mozilla-firefox-64/post_download/ it's found in between
data-qa-download-url="https://dl5.filehippo.com/367/fb9/ef3863463463b174ae36c8bf09a90145/Firefox_Installer.exe?Expires=1594425587&Signature=18ab87cedcf3464363469231db54575665668c4f6&url=https://filehippo.com/download_mozilla-firefox-64/&Filename=Firefox_Installer.exe"
- As you may have noticed, the page may have pre-approved the request so it's not guaranteed to work if the host has checks using cookies or other methods.
- Create a regex based on the above to extract the URL using
preg_match
- Then file_get_contents the URL of the file to download it.
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