Re: Tar Files and send back to browser

Sascha Braun wrote: > Hi, > > I want to make some people download files the server tar's on demand. > > But i don't know really how to send the files back to the browser. > > I used the following command for taring the file: > > <? > $command = 'tar -c '.$arrResult['name'].'.tgz > ../images/'.$arrResult['image']; > system($command); > ?> > > This command starts taring, I think, but fills the browser window > with the pure code of the tar file I belive. How can I make it behave > different. When I search for the tar on the webserver I can't find it > anywhere. You have to send the appropriate headers to the browser, or PHP will send the default (text/plain) header. For a tar file the correct header is application/x-tar, send it with Header( 'Content-Type: application/x-tar' ); HTH Erwin