How to download files from my local webserver

Alex Benoit Alex Benoit 2 2 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. If you're worried about people having an unzipper, note that Windows can by default open. Yes, I want to zip the folder and download it using php. Actually my concept is, I have a red5 server. All the recordings from the user will be saved in Red5 server in folders with usernames.

I want to give a link from which a user can download his recordings — Geethanjali. In your post you started off by saying that you were already able to zip up the folder and download it. Show 3 more comments. My web server is linux based. I tried giving the complete path but it is not working. It downloads a folder but I cant open it.

It says the files are either damaged or corrupted — Geethanjali. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. I have the path, but i want the folder to be zipped and then downloaded. Geethanjali take a look at my edit. If this helps, please mark as answer : — eL-Prova. It says failed to open dir: not implemented Each RSA fingerprint is added on a new line.

This allows you to clear them easily by deleting an entire line at once if you ever need to remove an entry. Navigate to the location you specified in your SCP command and the file should be visible.

SCP is the most direct way to transfer files from remote servers to local systems. It makes use of the same SSH protocols, so the connection is encrypted all the way through, making it immune to man-in-the-middle attacks. Hopefully, this tutorial will help you use it in an efficient, and easy manner. If this tutorial helped you move files from your remote server to your local machine, maybe consider sharing this knowledge with your friends by using our share shortcuts.

I've done this in the past but can't recall exactly how, which is why I'm not posting it as an answer. I'll see if I can find the code but I have a feeling it's gone. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Johnny Bones Johnny Bones 8, 6 6 gold badges 40 40 silver badges bronze badges. Thanks for pointing me to right direction. I'll give it a try and see how far I can go.. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Prerequisites: You must know what a web server is and how domain names work. You must also know how to set up a basic environment and how to write a simple webpage. Objective: Learn how to push files to a server using the various file transfer tools available. We have just opened an account and received this info from them: Congratulations for opening an account at Example Hosting Provider.

Your account is: demozilla Your website will be visible at demozilla. Once connected, your screen should look something like this we've connected to an example of our own to give you an idea : Let's examine what you're seeing: On the center left pane, you see your local files. Navigate into the directory where you store your website e. On the center right pane, you see remote files.

Respectively, these are a log of messages showing the connection status between your computer and the SFTP server, and a live log of every interaction between your SFTP client and the server. Here are a few other possibilities: Web interfaces.

An HTML interface acting as front-end for a remote file upload service.