RE: [PHP] Re: file downloads (again)

Use header() to give the file a name...here's a function I use to set a header and file name for an excel file. Adapt to your needs... function COM_ExcelHeader($filename = "download") { //MS Excel Headers header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename . ".xls"); } in other words, you use the second header() call to set the filename='whatever.mp3' ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:28 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: file downloads (again) > > Okay, I'm getting pretty close now. > > Taking little snippets of everyone's advice, I've got this far: > > 1. start session, validate user > 2. make sure the file exists > 3a. if yes to both, header(Location something.mp3) > 3b. if no to either, show a HTML page with errors > > > Now the next step is to change 3a to passthru() the file instead, so that > people don't know where the file actually is in the heirachy. In theory > it > sounds pretty easy, but I'm concerned about one bit: > > If the user saves the file (a likely occurrence), the file will be named > download.php, not something.mp3. My worry is that this may play havoc on > systems which rely on the extension to determine file type (Win 9x for > starters!). > > Any ideas on how to get around this? > > My only thought was to use a .htaccess file to ensure that "download.mp3 > should be parsed through PHP... so at least the saved file has the right > extension. > > >From there, maybe have a directory of PHP files called song1.mp3, > song2.mp3, > etc etc, but instead of them being MP3's, they're a PHP file that > determines > if the user is valid, THEN pumps out the MP3 data. So when they save the > file, it has the correct file name and extension. > > > Justin French > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php