Re: Download adds ^M to beginning of file

On Tue, December 12, 2006 9:12 am, lists@dwsasia.com wrote: Based on your subject line, I'd suggest looking for an included PHP script that has a stray newline (a Windows newline, actually) before the <?php or after the ?> > 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...... If you are using Perl, why are you posting it here?... > 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"); I know I've posted this twice today, but here we are again: http://richardlynch.blogspot.com/ > $file = fopen($completePath, 'r'); > > while(ob_get_level()) { > ob_end_flush(); > } > > while(!feof($file)) { > echo fread($file, 2048); > } > > fclose($file); > > Where can I start? Could it be server config? Or could it have to do > with flush? > If I remove the ob_end_flush() it does not crash Firefox. Why do you have the ob_end_flush() in there anyway? Is this code on your server that you control? Then you shouldn't have any ob_start() calls in your way in the first place. :-) -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?