RE: [PHP] choosing the name to save a file as in a script

> include("DATABASE_CONNECTION.inc"); > $sql_query="select * from some_db where id='$id'"; > $result=mysql_query($sql_query); > $the_row=mysql_fetch_array($result); > > echo "<meta HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"0; > > URL=ftp://ftp.somesite.com/".$the_row['path_to_file']."\">"; Wouldn't the more appropriate way be to redirect the browser based on HTTP headers, thus not giving the browser any choice as to what to do -- well, more so than a client side redirect. Instead of > echo "<meta HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"0; > > URL=ftp://ftp.somesite.com/".$the_row['path_to_file']."\">"; Simply do: header("Location: ftp://ftp.somesite.com/".$the_row['path_to_file']); Jeremy Brand Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "<body>" -- Quoted from Yahoo! homepage, http://www.yahoo.com