it's made in JavaScript, by creating an iframe loading the file, but their downloader might use something like a php file to force download such as <?php $filePath='/var/wwwblablah.zip'; header('Content-type: application/octet-stream'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="azipfile.zip"'); readfile($filePath); ?> On 31 May 2011 18:02, Ali Asghar Toraby Parizy <aliasghar.toraby@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I want to build a web page for file auto download like cnet.download. > A page that tells user "Your download will begin in a moment..." and > after a few seconds download starts. > How can I do that by php > thanks for any help. > > -- > Ali Asghar Torabi > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >