Couldn't you set the Mime-Type on the server for the correct extenstion?

Leif K-Brooks wrote:

> Link them to a page like this to download the file:
>
> <?php
> header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
> //Code to display file
> ?>
>
> Dara Dowd wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >I'd like a user to be able download a file from a file server on my LAN.
> >
> >Using <a href="file://server/directory/filename"> works ok, but this simply 
>displays the file in the browser and I want to force the download dialog box to 
>appear.
> >
> >
> >So now i have <a href="download.php?file=filename">, and i want to do something like
> >fopen("file://server/directory/filename",rb") but i just get an invalid argument 
>warning.
> >Am i on the right track?Is there a way around this?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Dara
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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