Re: fopen over a network

From: Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 19:08:50 +0000
Subject: Re: fopen over a network
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Couldn't you set the Mime-Type on the server for the correct extenstion? Leif K-Brooks wrote: > Link them to a page like this to download the file: > > <?php > header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); > //Code to display file > ?> > > Dara Dowd wrote: > > >Hello, > >I'd like a user to be able download a file from a file server on my LAN. > > > >Using <a href="file://server/directory/filename"> works ok, but this simply > >displays the file in the browser and I want to force the download dialog box to appear. > > > > > >So now i have <a href="download.php?file=filename">, and i want to do > >something like > >fopen("file://server/directory/filename",rb") but i just get an invalid > >argument warning. > >Am i on the right track?Is there a way around this? > > > >Cheers, > >Dara > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized attempt to decrypt > it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

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