RE: [PHP] Re: jpeg Uploader issue

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Mike R wrote: > > > i had a problem like the one you descriped. The problem was quite > > > simple. In my case everything worked fine with Windows-Web-Browsers > > > but not with MAC-Browsers. Check the value of the filetype variable. > > > There might be differences between different plattforms. > > > > I'm sorry to sound stupid here, but what do you mean by that? :\ > > This occurred to me too, but I couldn't find the thread to respond... > > I think he means that the server may be returning an incorrect > Content-type header for jpeg images. IE is especially notorious for > (incorrectly) ignoring this information if it can match the file extension > to a file type registered on the local machine. > > In an ideal world, all http clients should respect the Content-type header > to determine the file type. A .jpg should be Content-type: image/jpeg > > Normally this is set in your server configuration. However, if they are > being served by a script that is outputting the raw data to the client, > you may need to send this header from the script. That would explain why > Mac users see the problem only with uploaded images (did you say?). > > In PHP you would set the Content-type header like so: > header("Content-type: image/jpeg"); So, should I write that header to the actual image file prior to the image itself? :) I'll admit that while IE is incorrect for ignoring this information, I think it is also important for browsers to be flexible enough to understand what a file means to make the experience for the end user smooth. Thanks! -Mike