On Dec 17, 2007 3:13 PM, Hiep Nguyen <hnguyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i have this on top of my php page:
>
> header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
> header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls");
>
> but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
>
> my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
>
> thanks
Hiep,
This is a question that should've been asked on the PHP General
list, so I'm reply-all'ing and sending it to the General list for the
archives as well.
Here's a function I use that should help you out.
<?
function force_download($filename,$dir='./') {
if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$dir.$filename.'"');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-length: ".filesize($dir.$filename));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
readfile($dir.$filename);
} else {
echo "No file selected";
}
}
?>
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