Re: New Line Character while downloading a file!

Thanks for pointing that out. But still it doesn't solve my problem. Thanks for a prompt response. "Marek Kilimajer" <lists@kilimajer.net> wrote in message news:4153FEF0.30703@kilimajer.net... > Divick Kishore wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a newbie to php so pls be gentle. > > > > I am having problems while downloading a file via this script. I am sending > > the following headers and then a call to readfile function in the swcript. > > This leads to opening of a download popup but the file name being shown is > > the name of the script file rather than of the file which I am forcing the > > user to download. Another problem is that when the file is downloaded a new > > line character is added to the top of it unncessarily due to which it can't > > be opened with any image viewer. > > Once I reomove that newline character, it works fine. > > > > > > Script.php > > > > //some validations go here. > > > > $relative_file = > > > > "http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']). > > "/../Dir/".$fileName; > > Why are you reading the file through http when it's on the same server? Try > > $relative_file = "../Dir/".$fileName; > > > > header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); > > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $relative_file); > > $relative_file contains "http:// ..... and so on". > You should use $fileName > > > @readfile($relative_file); > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > Kishore Divick. > >