Re: IE5.5 Header Issues

It may also be something that you can modify by using the Internet Explorer Administrator's Kit. I know that I can set it up so that I can disallow specific types of files being downloaded from within a specific area of my domain. I know it's not much, but Netscape is a lot better :) Ian ---- Ian W. Ian@genie.idt.net http://www.thedarkabyss.org PGP Public Key Fingerprint: A956 2932 594F C33F E141 C8F8 75AD ED2E D30D 5C90 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Hallstrom" <philip@oddjob.adhesivemedia.com> To: <tmiller@creativegeneration.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] IE5.5 Header Issues | Something else to check is your logs... It's not always IE that is doing | the downloading... for an app I did awhile ago (sorry can't help you | with your specific problem) the files that were to be downloaded (via a | right click save target as) were restricted via http authentication and | cookies. It turned out that IE wasn't doing the downloading, it was | being passed off to a bunch of helper apps... | | maybe you can fiddle with something based on that... maybe... | | I eventually had to disable all authentication if it was one of those | apps. really annoying. | | In article <005e01c07681$57a9f9f0$8c01960a@resource.com> you write: | >Okay, I've finally gotten it to work in some situations, but I need some | >help understanding how to work around them or what may be causing them. Here | >they are: | > | >If I click on the link to the download script in the page I always get the | >download dialog for "index.html" regardless of filename. | >If I copy the link and paste it into a new window it gives me the download | >dialog for the proper "filename.ext". | >If I set the target to a new window and click the link on the page I also | >get the proper "filename.ext". | >If I copy the link and paste it into the window of the page holding the link | >I get the proper "filename.ext". | > | >Now for the catcher, once I have pasted the link into a window and | >downloaded the file any link to another file download through the download | >script continues to give me the download dialog for whatever "filename.ext" | >that was last downloaded. The filename for the dialog is not refreshed until | >I quit and restart the browser unless I copy and paste the link by hand | >again then this same scenario start over again. | > | >I have tried this with both "href=" and "href=javascript:location.href=". | >This also makes no difference. | > | >Calling the script like this: | >http://domain.com/download.php/filename.ext?filename=filename.ext | > | >gives no different results than this: | >http://domain.com/download.php?filename=filename.ext | > | >or this: | >http://domain.com/download.php?filename=filename.ext&other=value | > | >So the thing that is really bothering me is many people claim to have a | >version that works fine, only I haven't seen anyone else's examples work | >once yet. Could this be getting caused by something else? not PHP related? | > | >Also, if I am wrong and there are in fact versions out there that do work | >can you post some URL's using the download code? I've also noticed that the | >download links in the shared repository at phpbuilder.com do not work | >either. | > | >Thanks, | >Toby | > | > | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Cynic" <cynic@mail.cz> | >To: "Toby Miller" <tmiller@creativegeneration.com>; | ><php-general@lists.php.net> | >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:50 PM | >Subject: Re: [PHP] 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%2Fclie n | >t | >> >> 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 | >> | >> | >> | >> -- | >> 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 | |