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I have a ZIP file. I want it so when a user clicks a link on a page, it will download the ZIP file.

I have the ZIP under pub/media/downloadable and inside there's a .htaccess file, and currently this is the content inside:

<IfVersion < 2.4>
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.4>
    Require all denied
</IfVersion>

AddType application/octet-stream .zip

And the link on my page is this:

<a href="/pub/media/downloadable/zipfile.zip">Download ZIP Here</a>

But clicking on the link simply redirects to /pub/media/downloadable/zipfile.zip instead of downloading, which brings a 404.

== UPDATE ==

To make the link downloadable, all I had to do was add the download attribute to the <a>, like this:

<a href="/pub/media/downloadable/zipfile.zip" download >Download ZIP Here</a>

However, when I tried to download it, Google Chrome said "Failed - No File". The path is correct and the file is there, with permissions 644.

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  • Can you please upload the file code where this link available? – Rohan Hapani Jul 19 '18 at 16:57
  • Where you added link (phtml/cms page) ? – Pawan Jul 19 '18 at 16:59
  • Is your shop running in a subdirectory? – simonthesorcerer Jul 19 '18 at 17:26
  • @RohanHapani I have this link in a CMS page. – Mingle Li Jul 19 '18 at 18:34
  • @Pawan See above comment. – Mingle Li Jul 19 '18 at 18:34
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I don't have a proper solution or an explanation why this works, but all I did was move the ZIP file to pub/media directory and it worked. The lines in the .htaccess file did not do anything.

All that's needed is the download attribute on the anchor.

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