Re: Content Header

* "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> : > On Thu, July 21, 2005 4:55 am, Chris Shiflett said: > > Christopher J. Umina wrote: > > > I currently have a script which streams data out of a MySQL database, > > > and prints the content headers correctly, however, when I use the > > > following line: > > > > > > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"". $filename > > > ."\""); > > > > > > it prompts the user to download the file each time they go to the site. > > > > Then it works. :-) > > But it will only work on *SOME* browsers -- those which honor the > johnny-come-lately Content-Disposition header. > > Use Content-type: application/octet-stream to guarantee it gets downloaded > in ALL browsers. The OP indicated s/he *was* setting Content-Type. They were also sending Content-Disposition in order to indicate the suggested filename -- and wanted to alternately either send the filename *or* have the content echoed to the screen. The 'solution' was to use different URLs, and set Content-Disposition to either 'attachment' or 'inline', respectively. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Zend Certified Engineer http://weierophinney.net/matthew/