Re: PHP removing data...

At 17:12 08.03.2003, Doug Coning said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >Hi all, > >I'm trying to save a text file from my server to a client machine through >PHP and am using the following headers: > >header("Content-type: application/text"); >header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=variables.txt"); > >The header does save a text file from the server to my desktop alright, but >it strips everything in the text file. I have a file named variables.txt >with nothing in it. I have uploaded a text file that does have test data in >it. Furthermore, I set all the user rights in Unix to Read / Write/Execute >but everytime PHP opens or saves it, it does so without any of the variables >I've entered. --------------------[snip]-------------------- Try to add the Content-length header and see if this resolves your problem: header("Content-type: application/text"); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="variables.txt"'); header('Content-Length: ' . strlen($contents)); I made a habit to send the "filename" part in double quotes - some user agents seem to require this although it's not required by RFC (RFC822, RFC2183). Since doing this it always works for me :) -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/