gosh, I should have read before answering for the downloader thing. BUT you actually need javascript if you want to do it. You create an hidden iframe somewhere on your page, you give him the url of your file and pop it is downloaded, and you need simply to use javascript function setInterval to do that after a couple of seconds! On 31 May 2011 20:38, Ali Asghar Toraby Parizy <aliasghar.toraby@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 >