Re: File Open Prompt?

are u shure, u dont send anything out before u send the headers? even one space would be too much. ralph_deffke@yahoo.de "Dan Shirah" <mrsquash2@gmail.com> wrote in message news:a16da1ff0908281328k641ea332v25d887c4de5b347c@mail.gmail.com... > > > > You will need to add some headers to the page to popup the prompt, at least > > with > > these. > > > > $filename = 'somefile.tif'; > > $filesize = filesize($filename); > > > > header('Content-Type: application/force-download'); > > header('Content-disposition: attachement; filename=' . $filename); > > header('Content-length: ' . $filesize); > > > > Eric > > > > > > I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried: > > header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); > header('Content-Type: application/force-download'); > header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename)); > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . basename($file)); > readfile($file); > AND > > if (file_exists($new_file)) { > header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); > header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($new_file > )); > header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary'); > header('Expires: 0'); > header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0'); > header('Pragma: public'); > header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($new_file)); > ob_clean(); > flush(); > readfile($new_file); > exit; > } > > But everything I do just sends heiroglyphics to the screen instead of giving > the download box. >