Re: File download doesn't work with SSL

Does it work with a different browser? Smells like an IE bug to me. On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > Everyone, > > I've had a simple download script working where a user would click on a link and the > program would send word or excel headers instead of HTML. The file would then be opened in the > appropriate program and the user could save/edit it. > > Now that we've loaded everything under SSL, it doesn't work. > > Here are the headers I send: > > header("content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'"); > header("content-disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename . > ".xls"); > > Now, the pages in question are just regular HTML tables. If there is a export2=excel in the > URL, then these two additional headers will be sent. The dialog to save/open the file pops up, but > when you try to open/save the file, IE says it cannot be found. If I put in a echo before these two > headers (or comment them out), the page is shown correctly as HTML, so the code is correct. > > Are there any special headers I have to send to enable this file download while under SSL, or > is it something else I'm overlooking? > > Thanks for any help. > > ---John Holmes...