Re: problem to download attachments in https mode !!

From: Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:40:24 +0000
Subject: Re: problem to download attachments in https mode !!
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> Hello! > If I want to download a file I send headers: > header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\""); > and below I flush the file content. > > It is fine in http mode. > Problem appears if I want to download in https mode (SSL). > Error occurs: > "Internet Explorer can not download .... Internet Explorer can > not open the internet page". > > I checked off option "Do not download encrypted pages" but it does not help. > I know pages where I can download attachments in https mode so it is possible. > One sulution is to download in http mode but it can not be done in my situation. > > If someone knows solution please help. I just went through this problem myself. It's an IE bug that chokes on a nocache header that's sent when you start a session. I'm assuming you've got a session started, that was my problem. The solution is to change the session.cache_limiter (??) to none or maybe nostore in php.ini. ---John Holmes...

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