Re: IE Download twice from DB - MAJOR disaster to db users

very amusing indeed. Go learn php and when youll have answer send it or stfu. you might start with your own site: www.PHPBeginner.com and then go to http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/politeness.html to learn how to behave ! Its amazing how many people are rude ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxim Maletsky" <maxim@japaninc.com> To: "'Ben-Nes Michael'" <miki@canaan.co.il>; "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:12 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] IE Download twice from DB - MAJOR disaster to db users > > why don't you do some testing first. > write these two lines: > > <? > > mail( > 'your.own@email.com', > 'visiting myself', > "Sucked off $PHP_SELF on $HTTP_USER_AGENT > ); > > sleep(2); // just for the sake of it > > ?> > > go to the page with several different browsers and catch your emails, see > how many times it loads it. > > > Cheers, > Maxim Maletsky > > www.PHPBeginner.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben-Nes Michael [mailto:miki@canaan.co.il] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:56 PM > To: Richard Lynch; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] IE Download twice from DB - MAJOR disaster to db users > Importance: High > > > Hi - All db users read this !! > > I know it download it twice because in Netscape it take half of the time and > also I see it start in the left bottom bar. > > I read that IE first read the headers fully ( including the file ) and then > ask it again for opening. > While Netscape read the file only once. > > Any ideas ? > If I download from db twice while using IE means that all php servers that > serve file from phtml cause the same problem, and that's a Major Problem :( > > Every one in the list that use db to store files should try to download the > files with IE and Mozilla while measuring the time its take !!! > > Ill probably open a bug if no one will have idea how to disable double > reading of the file or how to guess when IE read the headers and when its > reading the file itself. > > > How do you know it downloads them twice? What are you seeing? > > > > Also, if you want it downloaded, Content-type should be > > application/octet-stream. Perhaps that's causing the browser snag it and > > try to display it on top of the download... Sounds like how MS would code > > it. > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > I store files on MYSQL server but when I try to pull them out ( show > them > > on > > > screen or download ) with IE it download them twice before showing them > up > > > :( > > > > > > I played with the headers (adding, removing) with no success. > > > by the way in Netscape its work fine. > > > > > > here is the last code tried: > > > > > > <? > > > $query = "select * from files where issue_id='$id'"; > > > $result = mysql_query ($query) > > > or die ("Invalid query"); > > > > > > $data = @MYSQL_RESULT($result,0, "file_data"); > > > $type = @MYSQL_RESULT($result,0, "file_type"); > > > $file_name = @MYSQL_RESULT($result,0, "file_name"); > > > $file_size = @MYSQL_RESULT($result,0, "file_size"); > > > > > > // # To force save file > > > file://header("Content-disposition: attachment; > > filename=\"$file_name\""); > > > > > > Header("Content-type: $type"); > > > header("Content-Length: $file_size"); > > > header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$file_name"); > > > > > > echo $data; > > > ?> > > > > > > -------------------------- > > > Canaan Surfing Ltd. > > > Internet Service Providers > > > Ben-Nes Michael - Manager > > > Tel: 972-4-6991122 > > > http://sites.canaan.co.il > > > -------------------------- > > > > -- > 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 > >