Re: PHP script as target of <a href="script here">?

Ken Tozier wrote:

I need to be able to have href links launch photoshop on a users machine and open the file referenced in the link. Is there a PHP mechanism that allows this sort of thing?

You can force the file to be downloaded by sending the header "Content-type: application/octet-stream" (Did I recall that right? Time to get some sleep.)

Basically, I'd like to embed function calls in anchor tags like so (unless there is a better way to do it) echo "<a href=open_file_with_photoshop(\"path/to/photo/file.jpg\")>Click here to open file in Photoshop</a>";

Uhhh. I don't *WANT* to use Photoshop to open your JPG. I want to use GraphicConverter. Or GIMP. :-) You can force the file to be downloaded, but forcing me to use a specific program is a Bad Idea. A) Maybe I don't have Photoshop B) Maybe I have it, but don't like it. C) Maybe Photoshop isn't even compatible with my OS.

I found the following sort of works... echo "<a href=\""; echo open_file_with_photoshop(\"path/to/photo/file.jpg\"); echo "\">"; ... but photoshop is launched when the page loads (before the user gets a chance to click the link) Subsequently, the links open the specified files as expected but the cursor doesn't recognize them as a link even though the browser renders them as normal looking <a> tags.

I won't even claim to have any idea what the heck is going on here...