Rahul Sitaram Johari wrote:
> Ave,
>
> You will probably find this code pretty inefficient, although it works
> flawlessly, but I ran into a problem with Internet Explorer 7, which instead
> of giving the "Save as" dialog box, tried opening the file within the
> Internet Explorer 7 window and displayed millions of bizarre characters on
> the screen. In order to bypass that, I used a force-download method. And I
> can tell you it's probably a crappy version of it. So I'm definitely
> interested in and anxious on getting improvement suggestions on the code.
>
> Here's the code (and please don't kill me):
why would I kill you? what did you do? are you Donald Rumsfeld?
>
> <?php
you need to santize $F, and stop using 'register_globals', and check the file
exists and other stuff like that (you know - check stuff!).
if (!isset($_GET['F']))
die('bad dog!');
$F = '/path/to/you/files/'.basename($_GET['F']);
if (!file_exists($F))
die('very bad dog!');
if (!is_readable($F))
die('I am a bad dog!');
> header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
> header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($F));
// this will probably fix the IE problem - personally I always refer to
// Richard Lynch's rant on the subject of download headers when I get stuck
header("Content-Disposition: download; filename=".basename($F));
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($F));
> @readfile($F);
only php gods are entitled to use @ - the rest of us will get bitten in the
ass by a bad dog sooner or later. don't repress errors unless there is no other
recourse
(0.00% of the time you come accross a situation where you can't do with out it -
this is not one of those times), instead check your input (and function return
values) properly and act accordingly
> ?>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Rahul Sitaram Johari
> CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc.
>
> W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com
> E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely²
>
>
>
> On 3/30/07 10:31 AM, "Jochem Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Rahul Sitaram Johari wrote:
>>> Ave,
>>>
>> ...
>>
>>> VALUE='takekey_download.php?F=vox/".basename($value)."'>".basename($value)."
>> show us the code for takekey_download.php, we may be able to save you
>> on a major security issue with regard to the way you use the F get parameter.
>>
>>> </option>";
>>> }
>>> ?>
>>> </SELECT>
>>> </FORM>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Rahul Sitaram Johari
>>> CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc.
>>>
>>> W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com
>>> E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely²
>>>
>
>
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