RE: [PHP] Re: Browsing while downloading?

Hi, Check the main thread, i have found the problem if you're interested... Adrian Zaharia Trevor Gryffyn wrote: > Yeah, this isn't a PHP specific problem, BUT, in the off chance that PHP > could solve the problem (using a different method of sending to the > browser, etc) then it becomes PHP relevant... So everyone give the guy a > break on the relevance issue. If there were two ways of doing > something and you only know one, wouldn't you want to ask if there was a > second, better way, that didn't cause the problem you were having? > > > Anyway.. Yeah, this might not be avoidable, although when you click on > a link to download a file you can usually still continue browsing, so > I'm guessing that there IS another way to do this. > > Couple of thoughts: > > 1. Have you tried smaller files just as a test (something that takes > like 30 to 60 seconds to download maybe) just to see if you still have > the problem? > > 2. Is it feasible to create the file and provide a "click here to > download" or "right-click and select SAVE AS.. to download"? This might > force the browser to handle it more like a standard download and not > handle it as if it were loading a web page. > > 3. Speaking of loading as a web page, are you getting a download > progress bar or does the browser just keep spinning with it's normal > "I'm loading a web page" progress bar? If that was happening, it could > be an issue of setting a good MIME type (what was it, like > "octet/stream" or something that's a generic "this is a binary file" > mime type?). If your browser thinks its downloading HTML, that could > lock it up. > > 4. Lastly... I've noticed when my browser is locked up for whatever > reason, that you can usually open another instance of the browser. > Going to your desktop and double-clicking on the Internet Explorer icon > again, etc. This second copy of IE seems to operate in a different > memory space... As a different program. So if you crash or lock up the > other instance, as long as you're not grinding your CPU or maxing out > your memory, the second instance of IE or whatever should still work ok. > I've had IE crash, with a "End Program" type propt and have other > instances of IE be fine..... But all the IE windows opened from the > original window get nuked by the "End Program" function. > > > Hope this helps at least a little. I'm guessing there's a way to make > it download without freezing your IE and I'm guessing it may have > something to do with your headers and/or MIME type. If that doesn't > work, I'd investigate creating the file and letting the user click a > link to download it, forcing the browser to handle it how it sees fit. > > Good luck! > > -TG > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: adrian zaharia [mailto:adyzah@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:42 PM >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: [PHP] Re: Browsing while downloading? >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for reply, yet: >> >> 1. i know has nothing to do with php but since now i am doing >> it in php i >> thought would be a good solution to post here >> >> 2. bad browser? hmm... i tried: IE, Mozilla&Firefox (Win+Linux), >> Opera(Win+Linux), Konqueror.... maybe there is still one >> better out there >> :P >> >> Thanks, >> >> Adrian