header("Content-type: application/x-octet-stream");
You'll then next be asking about how to make the dialog give the right
filename:
header("Content-disposition: filname=whatever.xxx");
Except that only works on some browsers. On others it's (I think) a
different form of that header. And *some* browsers are just so broken, the
header doesn't matter, and you need to make the URL have
yourserver.com/yourfile.php/whatever.xxx no matter how goofy that extra
whatever.xxx part looks.
You may also be asking how to get that pretty progress meter how to look
right.
header("Content-length: yyy");
where yyy is how many bytes you are sending.
http://php.net/header
This has been asked and answered about every week for the past 4 years...
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From: Zhu George-Czz010 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: php.general
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Forced download??
> Is there a way to do the "forced download"? i.e., the browser can't read
the file online(no matter whether it is .html or .txt file), instead, when
he clicks the link, he will be asked to download it.
>
> Is there a way to do that?
>
> Thanks ahead!
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