Re: Binary File Download problems.

Are you using IE? Then try "inline" instead of "attachment". There are also other issues. This is from phpMyAdmin:

       // loic1: 'application/octet-stream' is the registered IANA type but
       //        MSIE and Opera seems to prefer 'application/octetstream'
       $mime_type = (PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT == 'IE' || PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT == 'OPERA')
                  ? 'application/octetstream'
                  : 'application/octet-stream';

// Send headers header('Content-Type: ' . $mime_type); // lem9 & loic1: IE need specific headers if (PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT == 'IE') {

       header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '.' . $ext . '"');
       header('Expires: 0');
       header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
       header('Pragma: public');

} else {

       header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '.' . $ext . '"');
       header('Expires: 0');
       header('Pragma: no-cache');

} Rob Lacey wrote:

I use the following headers to send the file (in this instance an mp3 file) --8<--- header("Cache-control: private"); header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file_path)); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename); --8<--- So you get a download window with the correct filename displayed and everything. tried using header("Content-Type: audio/x-mp3"); which proceeded to stream the file (cool but not the desired effect) so at this point started scratching my head. What is confusing me is that I thought that once the download starts I should really be able to continue browsing as normal, as if I have clicked on a direct link to that file. At least that's what I want to acheive. Thanks. On Friday 25 Apr 2003 12:15 pm, you wrote:

What headers do you use? Do you use header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename" ); ?