Re: Strange Download-File Problem

Richard, I had a question for you... When you said: > The goal here is to change the URL that looks like this: > imsafm2_download.php?F=imsafm/rahul/somefile.txt > > into a URL that looks like this: > imsafm2_download/F=imsafm/rahul/somefile.txt Did you mean "imsafm2_download/F=imsafm/rahul/somefile.txt" or "imsafm2_download?F=imsafm/rahul/somefile.txt" The difference being the ³?² instead of the ³/² I did actually edited my Apache¹s httpd.conf and added the <Files> directive. And I modified my code... Right now it still gives the exact same error. I¹m using ³imsafm2_download² instead of ³imsafm2_download.php² now in my code. It¹s working on Mac but not on Windows.. Same error on windows. So I do believe I need to do more then just adding that Directive to fix this problem. Rahul S. Johari On 12/3/04 1:01 PM, "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > Rahul S. Johari wrote: > href=\"imsafm2_download.php?F=imsafm/$showfilesuser/$myrow[filename]\"><img >> src=b_newtbl.png border=0></a> > > One thing you might want to try... > > I've noticed over the years that Microsoft will usually manage to screw up > if you've got a dynamic URL. I really don't understand (or care) why > Microsoft engineers are too stupid to handle dynamic content, but there it > is. > > So you just get rid of anything in the URL that lets Microsoft screw up. > > There are several articles/tutorials on the net how to use > $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] and embed the file you want in the URL. > > The goal here is to change the URL that looks like this: > imsafm2_download.php?F=imsafm/rahul/somefile.txt > > into a URL that looks like this: > imsafm2_download/F=imsafm/rahul/somefile.txt > > You'll also need to use .htaccess to force Apache to use PHP on > imsafm2_download (rename the file without the .php) > > <Files imsafm2_download> > ForceType application/x-httpd-php > </Files> > > The over-arching reason for doing all this, is to give Microsoft *NO* > opportunity to SCREW UP. > > If the browser can't tell that it's not a plain old bring static file, it > can't screw it up. > > You also need to do this for dynamic images, dynamid PDFs, FDFs, Ming > (Flash) files, and pretty much any other rich media content that you > generate dynamically.