Re: force download in IE
| From: | bill | Date: | Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:59:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: force download in IE | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Have you tried this?
header("Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream");
header("Content-Description: MP3 file");
David Minor wrote:
> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force download
> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code works
> fine for NN.
>
> // detect for MSIE bug
> if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE"))
> $attachment = "";
> else
> $attachment = " attachment;";
>
> // stream file to user
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$filename");
> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> readfile($tmp_file);