Re: Stream download problem

Micheal, I ran into this problem too. A easy workaround is to right click and choose 'save as' which worked for me. For complete information on this you may want to have a look at http:// support. microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/279667 Cheers, Prathap ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Michael Satterwhite <michael@weblore.com> To: PHP Users <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:32:17 -0500 Subject: [PHP] Stream download problem > I have a site that generates a file to be streamed down. The > relevant code is: > ---------------------------------------------------------- > header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel"); > header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$EXPORT_TIME.txt"); > header("Content-disposition: attachment"); > header("Pragma: no-cache"); > header("Expires: 0"); > echo $filestring; > die(); > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > $EXPORT_TIME has been set to a valid filename in earlier part of > script. The script has been called by the user clicking on a line > similar to <a href="easy.php?download=stream&dltype=full. > > If the browser in use is Firefox, Mozilla, or almost anything, it > works correctly. If the browser is Internet Explorer, the download > fails. It appears in that case that the filename expected is the > full url used to call the page (e.g. > easy.php?download=stream&dltype=full) which is an invalid filename, > hence the failure. > > ...and before you suggest it, *NO*, I cannot tell my client that > they can't use Internet Explorer. > > Can anyone offer any help? > ---Michael > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ------- End of Original Message -------