Re: IE5.5 Header Issues

I use this and it works great in IE and Netscape Header("Content-Type: '$file_type' "); Header("Content-Disposition: filename='$file_name' "); echo $file_data; try removing the ' ' around file_name or file_type, try removing the content-length Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com ""Toby Miller"" <tmiller@creativegeneration.com> wrote in message news:00a401c0759f$6c623840$13011eac@tmiller... > I do want it to prompt the user to download I just want it to prompt the > user with the filename that's specified, not "index.html" for every > requested download. It works in Netscape 4 and 6, but not in IE5. I've also > tested it now in IE4, but that doesn't really count since Microsoft has > already announced that it won't work properly there, but they claim that it > does in IE5. Any other suggestions? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Blaster" <blaster@videotron.ca> > To: "Toby Miller" <tmiller@creativegeneration.com>; > <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:30 AM > Subject: RE: [PHP] IE5.5 Header Issues > > > > The line: > > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename"); > > is to prompt the browser to download the file... So if you don't want the > > browser to prompt for a file download, don't put it > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Toby Miller [mailto:tmiller@creativegeneration.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 09:19 > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] IE5.5 Header Issues > > > > > > I am using the following code: > > > > <?php > > > > if (isset($source) && isset($filename)) { > > if (filetype($source) == "text/plain") header("Content-Type: > > text/plain"); > > else header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); > > > > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename"); > > header("Content-Length: ".filesize($source)); > > readfile($source); > > exit(); > > } > > > > ?> > > > > This does not work properly in IE 5.5. I don't have another version of IE > to > > test this with. I get a save dialog box for the file "index.html" every > > time. This is the same for all file types. Is this just a bug in IE 5.5 or > > is this the same in other versions of IE? If anyone knows the workaround I > > would love to see it. > > > > Thanks, > > Toby > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >