RE: [PHP-WIN] Other download problem.

if you send out a header with a content type that the browser hasn't hear of, say header("Content-Type: application/x-elvis-detector-key"); That can fool some browsers into just downloading the file rather than trying to display it. Can't remember which ones though. -----Original Message----- From: Pablo Vera [mailto:pvz@vercan.com] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 06:24 To: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Other download problem. Diverge: I've done exactly what you described. If the file is Text or something that the browser can handle, it will try to display it. If the file is an .exe or a .zip, the browser will initiate a download. In any case, by clicking the link with the right button, you can always select something like Save Link as... Saludos, Pablo Vera _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Sunday, November 12, 2000, 6:03:19 PM, Diverge wrote: D> Hi! D> At the moment i'am working on a project that will contain big archives of text, graphics and sounds. And something i'm trying to do is basically making it possible D> for the users to download the files. With an ordinary <A HREF> the file will ofcourse be loaded in the browser. Well atleast if it's text of graphic. Maybe this is the D> wrong forum for this kind of question but still, anyone know if it's possible to do such a thing? -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net