Downloading Windows CHM files with Netscape
| From: | Richard Siddall | Date: | Fri, 02 Nov 2001 18:06:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Downloading Windows CHM files with Netscape | ||
| Groups: | php.mirrors | ||
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Hello,
I have been trying to download the Windows help file for PHP from the download
documentation page on several of the US mirror sites
(e.g. http://us2.php.net/download-docs.php and
others) and have run into several
problems.
I think the problems are due to using Netscape, or rather that I'm not using
Internet Explorer.
1/ If I click on the CHM link for the English version
(http://us2.php.net/distributions/manual/manual-en.chm) I get a browser screen
full of junk. I think this indicates that the server is not configured to tell
the browser the correct MIME type for a CHM file. This error would not show up
with IE since IE uses the Windows file assignments in preference to the MIME
type.
2/ If I right click and choose "Save Link As..." I get random file sizes, and
the downloaded file seems to be corrupt. I'm wondering if this is due to the
server telling the browser that it's a text/plain file and the browser is
translating line endings?
I hope this helps.
Richard Siddall
P.S. Great page! I love getting all those options for documentation format.
Could I suggest that you add a small explanation of some of the formats?
I own a Palm but don't know the pros and cons of DOC versus iSilo.