note 58130 added to function.header

Why you can not write code in this way: $pathtofile = "path to file in your server"; header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$someFileName\""); header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); $src = @fread(fopen($pathtofile,"rb"),filesize($pathtofile)); echo $src; and that is all. Now, the browsers ask you, if save or open $somefile. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58130 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58130&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58130&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php