On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:49 PM, jean-baptiste verrey < jeanbaptiste.verrey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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! > You do not need javascript to do this, or an iframe. Use a meta refresh tag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh Sometimes I miss the way the web was before javascript :/ -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/ 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. >
