Re: Downloading a file

On 16/07/2008, Robbert van Andel <robbert@vafam.com> wrote: > > I am having trouble getting a file to download to work in Internet > Explorer. > The site works fine in FireFox. The page retrieves the contents of a file > from a database and outputs the following > > > > <?PHP > > > > header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); > > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename=\"{$data['filename']}\""); > > header("Content-Description: PHP Generated Data"); > > echo $data['file']; > > > > ?> > > > > Where $data['filename'] is the name of the file as stored in the database > and $data['file'] is the contents of the file. The script used to download > the file is called view.php. As I mentioned, this works great in FireFox > but with Internet Explorer, I get the following error: > > > > Internet Explorer cannot download view.php from www.yourdomain.com. > > > > Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested > site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Robbert > > Start here: http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=php+download+file+internet+explorer+headers&meta =