file downloading problem

I hear there are some pretty sharp people on this list that could probably help me out, so here goes. I'm trying to download a file that resides outside the web directory to a client. When the client initiates a download it incorrectly identifies the file by the name of the php script that is serving the file, this happens mostly on the macintosh, i.e. when someone trys to download say a mpg video, netscape will ask to save the file as "download.php" instead of "blah.mpg". I use this header to suggest a filename : Header("Content-Disposition: filename=$file_name"); From what I understand, Content-Disposition isnt technically part of the http protocol, does that mean that some browsers like netscape might ignore it? Do browsers grab the filename from the end of uri? if so is there a way I can fake the browser out? any help would be greatly appreciated, ive been banging my head against the wall for a while on this one. Jerry Bonner Systems Analyst / Web Development [bonnej@prairie.lakes.com] --------------------------------- Prairie Lakes Internet