Hi thanks for your help jean I've used this code before. But I want a little different thing. I need to tell something to the user before starting download. something like "Your download will begin in a moment..." . So header couldn't help me. If I try to echo anything header doesn't work! On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:01 PM, jean-baptiste verrey <jeanbaptiste.verrey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Ali Asghar Torabi -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php