Re: file redirect?

Well, you have to send the actual file - otherwise the result of a zero-length file is not surprising at all. Bogdan Ed Lazor wrote: > I'm trying to figure something out and thought I'd see if you guys have any > ideas. > > The goal: tracking the number of downloads for files on the server. > > The approach: routing file downloads through /download.php like this: > http://server/download.php?target=/myfile.zip > > What I tried that worked was using javascript to launch download.php in a > new window and use a meta tag to redirect to the file in question, like this: > > print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0; > URL=$destination'>"; > > This works, but it's really slow, because it usually takes a while to open > a new browser window. > > I found another approach, but couldn't get it to work: > > $content_type = "Content-type: application/zip"; > header($content_type); > header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename); > header($destination); > > It seemed I got close at one point... it would open a File Save window, but > the file would end up as 0 bytes in size. > > My preference is using the second approach if I can get it working, because > it's much faster than opening a new browser window. Any ideas of how to > make it work? > > Thanks, > > -Ed > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php