RE: [PHP] More on "JS alert that links to file"

On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 10:30 -0400, kyle.smith wrote: > You really can't send multiple files in a single response, and you certainly can't > send multiple headers after data has gone through. > > Zipping would be a nice approach. Another would be to use AJAX calls to sequenctially download > the files. > > HTH, > - Kyle > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > Sent: Mon 7/27/2009 8:30 AM > To: tony mount > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] More on "JS alert that links to file" > > I assume you want to force the files to the user as a series of files to > download? Have you considered just offering a page of links to each > file? You can actually have the links go to a PHP script which can > stream the file as a forced download, and the user can then download the > files one-by-one by clicking the link as if it were a normal link. > Alternatively, you could zip the files up into one archive using PHP and > offer stream that file down to the user. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 21:54 +0930, tony mount wrote: > > I have a question that follows on from this discussion. I have a loop > > which creates a number of files. It first write each file to a server > > location then sets up the headers and asks the "Save As" question. This > > works OK once, but after the first download it exits without any errors > > or messages. If I remove the header() lines (ie just create the files on > > the server) no worries, it creates them all. (I start op buffer at the > > top of the code and flush the buffer on each loop). Anyone have any > > ideas please? > > Thanks > > Tony > > > > > > That's why I suggested offering a page of links rather than whatever he was trying before. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk