Re: Re: Simple Example of Passing on a file through a PHP script

It sort of works now. Here is my script so far: <? $file = strtolower($_GET['filename']); $file_split = explode(".", $file); // The number of dots is counted in case a file has two or more dots if($file_split[1] == 'pdf'){ header("Content-type: application/pdf"); } elseif($file_split[1] == 'xls') { header ("Content-type: application/msexcel"); } elseif($file_split[1] == 'zip') { header ("Content-type: application/zip"); } header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file" ); readfile($file); ?> The problem is that with excel files it asks me if I want to download twice. Also it opens in excel not IE. Sometimes PDFs open in IE sometimes the don't. What is wrong? Also would I be better of collecting my stats then using a header to re-direct to the right file(Rather than outputting it through a script)? -- JJ Harrison webmaster@tececo.com www.tececo.com "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.com.hk> wrote in message news:200207041225.34001.php-general@gremlins.com.hk... > On Thursday 04 July 2002 10:46, JJ Harrison wrote: > > > I can output the file using readfile(). But the problem is that it appears > > to output the data in it's raw form. How can I get it to open in the right > > application? > > You _do_ want it to output the data in it's raw form. However it is your > responsibility to output the correct headers beforehand so the browser knows > what to do with the file. Search archives for "download" would/should bring > up loads of articles on what form the headers should take. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > the butane lighter causes the pincushioning > */ >