Re: Database and files

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russell" <davidr@execulink.co.za> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: [PHP] Database and files > I have a database. It receives from my users files - which could be word > documents, Adobe PDF files, text docs, anything... > > I store these in a BLOB field of the database. > If you get multiple requests for files, expect the db to fall over very quickly - what's wrong with storing them on the filesystem and having a list of them in the db? [SNIP] > Finds out the attachment mime type > > Sends a: > > Header("Content-type: <mime-type>"); > Header("Header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"File65.doc\"" ); > Stream the contents of the blob to the browser. > WTF is up with Header("Header(" ?? Surely this should be Header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"File65.doc\"" ); Here's how I do it header("content-type: $mime"); header("content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$displayName\""); echo $data; One thing - note that that the header names and the actual mimetype are in lower case. Got weird results with anything different. HTH Danny