Re: Download adds ^M to beginning of file

lists@dwsasia.com wrote: > Hi, > > Using the below code to force download works fine on most servers and > with most > browsers. However it does "crash" Firefox when I download a specific > file, IE > works like beauty. File content starts with: > > #!/sbin/_joor_perl_use Filter::decrypt...... > > This is the code to force the download: > > header("Pragma: public"); > header("Expires: 0"); > header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); > header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$file\""); > header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); > header("Content-Length: $size"); > $file = fopen($completePath, 'r'); // no need to fopen/fclose if you decide to use readfile()... > > while(ob_get_level()) { > ob_end_flush(); > } // this should be: while(ob_get_level()) ob_end_clean(); // discard all output! > > while(!feof($file)) { > echo fread($file, 2048); > } > > fclose($file); // and this could probably be better written as: @readfile($file); // read the whole file directly to the output buffer > > Where can I start? Could it be server config? Or could it have to do > with flush? at a guess: yes. > If I remove the ob_end_flush() it does not crash Firefox. > > Best regards, > Peter Lauri >