That did it, thanks... Ok, my knowledge about HTTP is not the best. But how can you send three different content-type headers? :) -----Original Message----- From: Barry [mailto:barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:36 PM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Setting headers for file download Peter Lauri schrieb: > Best group member, > > This is how I try to push files to download using headers: > > header("Content-type: $file_type"); > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename"); > print $file; > > It works fine in FireFox, but not that good in IE. I have been googled to > find the fix for IE, but I can not find it. Anyone with experience of this? > > Best regards, > Peter Lauri There ya go: // fix for IE catching or PHP bug issue header("Pragma: public"); header("Expires: 0"); // set expiration time header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); // browser must download file from server instead of cache // force download dialog header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Type: application/download"); // use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and // force the browser to display the save dialog. header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$path.";"); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); header("Content-Length: ".filesize($file)); readfile($file); -- Smileys rule (cX.x)C --o(^_^o) Dance for me! ^(^_^)o (o^_^)o o(^_^)^ o(^_^o) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php