How to Send a word file from one user to another

Question

I want to be able to send a file to another user. I have attached the file and sent to another users database table. Now how can I take that file and show a download for the user who is receiving the file. Pulling out the file so that the opposite user can download and view it. I read about the send_file but not quite sure how to use it safely!! thanks!!

Answer 1

What I normally do is store the files on the file system of the server instead of actually storing the file themselves in the database. Everywhere I read it seemed like this was the better thing to do.

You can store the name or location to the particular file you want them to download, then just request that information and download it using the usual <a href=".." download></a> .

You can also limit access to certain file locations should security be an issue.