Re: choosing the name to save a file as in a script

Hi, Nope - that doesn't work very well because: 1. Posted variables aren't always reset (if you do anything with a form and not just passing in variables with the URL) and 2. Some FTP servers don't accept connections that stem from an HTTP connection. I'm not sure of the actual technical terminology here... But basically a connection can be refused if it's an FTP request that comes from an HTTP stream or socket or something... So... Those are two reasons. That's all... It was the best solution for me on two of my sites... So maybe it is here as well. jeremy brand <jeremy@nirvani.net> said something like this: >> 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 > > -- Kindest regards, Erik J. Barzeski Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans - John Lennon ************************************************ Email: erik@barzeski.com Web: http://www.barzeski.com/ http://www.soundsetcentral.com/ http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ AIM: iacas ICQ: 8186546 ************************************************