Re: IE5.5 Header Issues

"Connection: close" just means the server won't keep the connection alive after sending the content. At 18:30 4.1. 2001, Toby Miller wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Allright, some new information. I pulled down just the headers that are >being passed back from my file download and here are the results I received. > >HTTP/1.1 200 OK >Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:08:23 GMT >Server: Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.12 (NetRevolution/Linux-Mandrake) >PHP/3.0.16 mod_perl/1.22 >X-Powered-By: PHP/3.0.16 >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Resource Phonelist.pdf >Content-Description: Issue Tracker Download >Content-Length: 29334 >Connection: close >Content-Type: application/pdf > >The one thing that doesn't look quite right to me is the fact that >"Connection: close" is before "Content-Type: application/pdf". Does anyone >know if this is correct? Since PHP can't set the order of the headers being >sent, could this be a problem with Apache sending the close command too >soon? Can anyone shed some light on this for me? > >Thanks, >Toby > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Toby Miller" <tmiller@creativegeneration.com> >To: <php-general@lists.php.net> >Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:10 PM >Subject: Re: [PHP] IE5.5 Header Issues > > >> Hey all, >> >> I am completely stumped now. I've tried everyone's suggestions and it >still >> doesn't work in IE. However, every suggestion works fine in Netscape. Here >> is the code I started with: >> >> <?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(); >> } >> >> ?> >> >> I then tried this code: >> >> <?php >> >> if (isset($source) && isset($filename)) { >> header("Content-Type: ".filetype($source)); >> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename"); >> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($source)); >> readfile($source); >> exit(); >> } >> >> I've also tried this code: >> >> <?php >> >> if (isset($source) && isset($filename)) { >> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); >> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename"); >> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($source)); >> readfile($source); >> exit(); >> } >> >> ?> >> >> The actual URL I'm sending looks like this: >> >> >http://www.domain.com/download.popup.php/filename.ext?source=%2Fwww%2Fclient >> 2%2Ffiles%2Factualfilename.ext&filename=filename.ext >> >> I am running this on Apache Linux. I am testing with IE5.5. I get the >> download dialog every time, which asks if I want to save the file as the >> filename "index.html". I have tried every suggestion that has been given >to >> no avail. I don't know what element I'm missing. If someone has some >actual >> code that works for this situation it might shed some light on what I'm >> doing wrong. I would just use an actual download link, but some of the >files >> that will be downloaded through this method in the future will be >generated >> on the fly and the issue will surely come back to haunt me. I really >> appreciate the help guys. >> >> Thanks, >> Toby >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "jeremy brand" <jeremy@nirvani.net> >> To: "Philip Hallstrom" <philip@oddjob.adhesivemedia.com> >> Cc: <tmiller@creativegeneration.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 1:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [PHP] IE5.5 Header Issues >> >> >> > > /normal/path/to/url?foo=bar&fake=filename.ext >> > > >> > > ? It might trick IE into thinking that the filename it should be >saved >> > > as is "filename.ext" >> > >> > I can verify that if IE notices the .ext it will try and handle it >> > ignoring any mime types that you bothered to set. >> > >> > > Or if you can use PATH_INFO instead of a query string and do something >> > > like this: >> > > >> > > /normal/path/to/phpfile.php/filename.ext >> > > >> > > That would then set PATH_INFO equal to "/filename.ext" >> > > >> > > I don't see how IE would know not to save it as filename.ext in this >> > > case. (you'd think anyway :) >> > >> > There is supposadly a work around. I saw it fly by the list about 3 >> > weeks ago. It is a custom Content-type: header that IE understands >> > that has a recommended filename accociated with it. It is not in any >> > HTTP RFC, but I think it is possibly part of another one. >> > >> > I don't have time to dig it up, but the answer is out there, try >> > searching the list archives. >> > >> > Jeremy >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > > >> > > -philip >> > > >> > > In article <00a401c0759f$6c623840$13011eac@tmiller> you write: >> > > >I do want it to prompt the user to download I just want it to prompt >> the >> > > >user with the filename that's specified, not "index.html" for >> > > >every >> > > >requested download. It works in Netscape 4 and 6, but not in IE5. >I've >> also >> > > >tested it now in IE4, but that doesn't really count since Microsoft >has >> > > >already announced that it won't work properly there, but they claim >> that it >> > > >does in IE5. Any other suggestions? >> > > > >> > > >----- Original Message ----- >> > > >From: "Blaster" <blaster@videotron.ca> >> > > >To: "Toby Miller" <tmiller@creativegeneration.com>; >> > > ><php-general@lists.php.net> >> > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:30 AM >> > > >Subject: RE: [PHP] IE5.5 Header Issues >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> The line: >> > > >> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; >> > > >> filename=$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 >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > 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 >> >> >> -- >> 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 ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz