Re: File download doesn't work with SSL

I believe in miracles. I have searched Microsoft and the first link was actually related to my problem... Okay, I found an IE issue where downloads over SSL will choke when you send a no-cache header. It says to use a no-store cache-control header, instead. I tried this: header("cache-control: no-store"); header("content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'"); header("content-disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename . ".xls"); and I'm still getting the same thing. Is the no-cache cache-control header sent automatically by PHP at all? I don't have one set explicitly in my code. Any help is appreciated. ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> To: "1LT John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] 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... >