----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric" <blueray2048@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Ralph Deffke" <ralph_deffke@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:01 PM Subject: Re: File Open Prompt? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Ralph Deffke" <ralph_deffke@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: File Open Prompt? > > >> On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 09:03 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote: >>> are u shure, u dont send anything out before u send the headers? even one >>> space would be too much. >>> >>> ralph_deffke@xxxxxxxx >>> >>> "Dan Shirah" <mrsquash2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:a16da1ff0908281328k641ea332v25d887c4de5b347c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > >>> > > You will need to add some headers to the page to popup the prompt, at >>> least >>> > > with >>> > > these. >>> > > >>> > > $filename = 'somefile.tif'; >>> > > $filesize = filesize($filename); >>> > > >>> > > header('Content-Type: application/force-download'); >>> > > header('Content-disposition: attachement; filename=' . $filename); >>> > > header('Content-length: ' . $filesize); >>> > > >>> > > Eric >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried: >>> > >>> > header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); >>> > header('Content-Type: application/force-download'); >>> > header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename)); >>> > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . basename($file)); >>> > readfile($file); >>> > AND >>> > >>> > if (file_exists($new_file)) { >>> > header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); >>> > header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); >>> > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($new_file >>> > )); >>> > header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary'); >>> > header('Expires: 0'); >>> > header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0'); >>> > header('Pragma: public'); >>> > header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($new_file)); >>> > ob_clean(); >>> > flush(); >>> > readfile($new_file); >>> > exit; >>> > } >>> > >>> > But everything I do just sends heiroglyphics to the screen instead of >>> giving >>> > the download box. >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> Try putting all of that inside of a headers_sent(){} block. If nothing >> is displayed, it means that you've already sent something to the >> browser, so the headers have already been sent and the extra ones you >> are sending do nothing. This sort of thing is shown in your error log >> also. >> >> If you still get the tif displayed as text, then are you sure that the >> tif is valid? >> > > You may also try put these line at top of page to avoid anythings sent before > your attachment headers > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > ini_set('display_errors', 1); > > Which browsers you used to test it and their versions ? > > Also, did you browse it directly or through a secondary page ? It should used on a second page. i.e. page1.php <a href="download.php?id=10">download</a> download.php header( .... -Eric > > >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>
