Download a file from server with specific name in PHP

PHP
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Download-Confirm.php

<?php 
        $n = "hello.xlsx";
        header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' .$n. ' '); 
        header('Content-Type: application/xlsx');
        ob_clean();
        $url = "somename.xlsx";
        read_file($url);
        exit;
    ?>

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <span><a href='http://www.somthing.com/files/somename.xlsx' download>CLICK HERE</a></span>

I need to download http://www.something.com/files/somename.xlsx this file from this PHP file…I tried header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename= ’ .HELLO.xlsx. ’ '); But it only downloads the current php file into HTML document with the given filename and filetype…When I open it…It shows not a valid xlsx file or invalid format…

and when I tried to download only using anchor tag with download attribute it cant change the name I given…It downloads original file from the server but the file is working…But the problem is, I need to change the Name of the file according to the database name…

Any possible solutions???

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After you’ve used read_file to load the contents of the file, don’t you need to output it to the browser in order for your user to save it locally?

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