On 16/07/2008, Robbert van Andel <robbert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am having trouble getting a file to download to work in Internet
> Explorer.
> The site works fine in FireFox. The page retrieves the contents of a file
> from a database and outputs the following
>
>
>
> <?PHP
>
>
>
> header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
>
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment;
> filename=\"{$data['filename']}\"");
>
> header("Content-Description: PHP Generated Data");
>
> echo $data['file'];
>
>
>
> ?>
>
>
>
> Where $data['filename'] is the name of the file as stored in the database
> and $data['file'] is the contents of the file. The script used to download
> the file is called view.php. As I mentioned, this works great in FireFox
> but with Internet Explorer, I get the following error:
>
>
>
> Internet Explorer cannot download view.php from www.yourdomain.com.
>
>
>
> Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested
> site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.
>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Robbert
>
>
Start here:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=php+download+file+internet+explorer+headers&meta
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