Re: Re[2]: [PHP] MIME type detection on file

<?php Header("Content-Type: application/pdf "); Header("Content-Disposition: filename=miningsuplus-search-results.pdf "); readfile('/tmp/somefile.pdf'); ?> I use this to allow a user to download a pdf, most browser want to view it in the browser, I wanted them to be able to save the file, not view / run it. Is this what your looking for ? -- Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com em. lee@mediawaveonline.com ph. 250.377.1095 ph. 250.376.2690 fx. 250.554.1120 "Andris Jancevskis" <ajandris@parks.lv> wrote in message news:95173206838.20010221180429@parks.lv... > My files are outside web server. These files can not be accessible > from http://...., but anly user running web pages (nobody or > IUSR_) > have access. This limitation is to secure user files. > > My primary target is to deliver files to user using web browser. If I > use require() or insert it is not possible in win32, but if file > contains valid php code it is *very big* security hole. > > How to do this. Mime type tells to browser, wht to do. > I can only display binary stream like text ... > > Could You know, how to send file like .dll, .exe, .php to client > without executing on server-side? > > Andris > mailto:ajandris@parks.lv > > +--------------------------- > Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 5:43:51 PM, you wrote: > > > when your uploading a file > > No, some of these are uploaded, some not ... > > > [lee@server streaming]$ grep "pdf" /etc/mime.types > > application/pdf pdf > > [lee@server streaming]$ > > > If your just curious of what a mime/type is without uploading it (I dont > > think you are) then youve answered your own question. > > > "Files are on local disk. Not accessible from web server. " > > > if php can not access the files then how could it possibly ever find this > > files mime-type ? > > see above ... > > Andris > > > > -- > 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 >