Does it work with a different browser? Smells like an IE bug to me.
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> I've had a simple download script working where a user would click on a link and the
>program would send word or excel headers instead of HTML. The file would then be
>opened in the appropriate program and the user could save/edit it.
>
> Now that we've loaded everything under SSL, it doesn't work.
>
> Here are the headers I send:
>
> header("content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'");
> header("content-disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename . ".xls");
>
> Now, the pages in question are just regular HTML tables. If there is a export2=excel
>in the URL, then these two additional headers will be sent. The dialog to save/open
>the file pops up, but when you try to open/save the file, IE says it cannot be found.
>If I put in a echo before these two headers (or comment them out), the page is shown
>correctly as HTML, so the code is correct.
>
> Are there any special headers I have to send to enable this file download while
>under SSL, or is it something else I'm overlooking?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> ---John Holmes...
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