Re: Problem forcing a download

problem sorted, thanks Jennifer "Jennifer Goodie" <goodie@apollointeractive.com> wrote in message news:NEBBIJJIKBGCCCNKMPBCGEEGHGAA.goodie@apollointeractive.com... > Is the rest of the code in the page in an else{}? Other wise your page is > going to continue down. Have you tried putting an exit() in after the > readfile? > > > //view document > > if(isset($_GET[view_document]) == true){ > > Header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); > > Header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$_GET['file_name']); > > readfile('files/'.$_GET['file_name']); > > } > > > > but it seems to be downloading the contents of test.txt followed > > by the code > > for view_document.php, any ideas why this is happening? > > > > Here is the link I call with: > > > > echo '<p>Click <a > > href="view_document.php?file_name='.$file_name.'&file_id='.$file_i > > d.'&projec > > > > t_name='.$_GET[project_name].'&project_id='.$_GET[project_id].'&vi > > ew_documen > > t=true">here</a> to download the document</p>'; > > > > Thanks again. >