Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
When the surfer presses a button, I want a pre-determined file to be downloaded by the surfer - the box to come up on the surfer's browser: Open or save Todd -- Todd Cary Ariste Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Thursday 24 January 2002 21:33, Todd Cary wrote: When the surfer presses a button, I want a pre-determined file to be downloaded by the surfer - the box to come up on the surfer's browser: Open or save Many ways to do this, one of which could be: form action=download.php input type=submit name=submit value=Download /form Then in your file download.php, have a single statement using the header() function to redirect to the file that is to be downloaded. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
Jason - Then in your file download.php, have a single statement using the header() function to redirect to the file that is to be downloaded. What is the syntax for the header() function? Many thanks... Todd -- Dr. Todd Cary Ariste Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Friday 25 January 2002 01:00, Todd Cary wrote: Jason - Then in your file download.php, have a single statement using the header() function to redirect to the file that is to be downloaded. What is the syntax for the header() function? Manual? Lots of good info in there! -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Fats Loves Madelyn. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
Jason - I had looked it up in the manual, but I am not sure of what to put into the area /* ... output pdf file ... */ Any help is appreciated Todd If you want the user to be prompted to save the data you are sending, such as a generated PDF file, you can use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and force the browser to display the save dialog. ? php header(Content-type: application/pdf); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=downloaded.pdf); /* ... output pdf file ... */ -- Todd Cary Ariste Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
Todd- I had looked it up in the manual, but I am not sure of what to put into the area /* ... output pdf file ... */ Any help is appreciated Todd If you want the user to be prompted to save the data you are sending, such as a generated PDF file, you can use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and force the browser to display the save dialog. ? php header(Content-type: application/pdf); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=downloaded.pdf); /* ... output pdf file ... */ This is where you put whatever chunk of code you use to create the file that you wish the user to download. If this is a PDF file on disk, you can do something as simple as readfile(filename.pdf).. or if you are generating it yourself.. then, again, you'll probably use readfile(whatever.pdf), since (though I have never used them) I am pretty sure the PDF libs don't have an output function, so you have to write to disk. Example 1 on this page (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php) shows EXACTLY what you are trying to do with one small change, make the word inline read as attachment so it'll force the user to download, as opposed to displaying in the browser. Daniel J. Lashua -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
Daniel - When I use the following code, I am not asked if I want to Save the file or Open it. Instead, the contents of the file are displayed in the browser. I am sure that I have missed something simple!! Todd ?php $len = filesize(test.pdf); header(Content-type: application/pdf); header(Content-Length: $len); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.pdf); readfile(test.pdf); ? -- Todd Cary Ariste Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
Todd- When I use the following code, I am not asked if I want to Save the file or Open it. Instead, the contents of the file are displayed in the browser. I am sure that I have missed something simple!! Todd ?php $len = filesize(test.pdf); header(Content-type: application/pdf); header(Content-Length: $len); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.pdf); readfile(test.pdf); ? The code you are showing should work... therefore it may be something to do with your browser. Try changing the Content-Type to something that there is no way you could have ever registered in your browser: header(Content-Type: x-this-is-a-test/for-php); And see if that changes the way it handles it. Of course, application/pdf is the CORRECT MIME type, so if this NEW MIME type does solve the problem, you should attempt to fix your browser, and put the script back the way it was. If it doesn't fix anything, try using a different browser, or better yet, a different machine. Additionally, when working with this type of operation, the first time you hit the page, it will be cached (in it's incorrect form) in your browser. Therefore, after making these changes, you should dump the Disk and Memory cache in your browser, and close and restart your browser just to be safe. Daniel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Friday 25 January 2002 01:35, Todd Cary wrote: Jason - I had looked it up in the manual, but I am not sure of what to put into the area /* ... output pdf file ... */ Any help is appreciated Todd If you want the user to be prompted to save the data you are sending, such as a generated PDF file, you can use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and force the browser to display the save dialog. ? php header(Content-type: application/pdf); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=downloaded.pdf); /* ... output pdf file ... */ 1) What kind of file are you letting people download? 2) Is the file generated on-the-fly or is it already on disk? 3) What webserver are you using? In general, if the file is on disk then simply using: header(Location: http://www.domain.com/downloads/myfile.exe;); would work. Whether the user is asked to Save or Open... depends on the browser setting. If you're using a webserver such as Apache then certain common file types are automatically recognised and the appropriate HTTP headers are sent to the browser. If you want to force a download regardless of whether the file type will be recognised by the browser then you would have to send your own headers. Something like the following: header(HTTP/1.0 200 OK); header(Content-Type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=some_filename); header(Content-Location: $F); header(content-length: . filesize(/path/to/file.ext)); header(Location:http://www.domain.com/some_filename;); hth -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* TRANSACTION CANCELLED - FARECARD RETURNED */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Friday 25 January 2002 02:23, Jason Wong wrote: In general, if the file is on disk then simply using: header(Location: http://www.domain.com/downloads/myfile.exe;); would work. Whether the user is asked to Save or Open... depends on the browser setting. If you're using a webserver such as Apache then certain common file types are automatically recognised and the appropriate HTTP headers are sent to the browser. If you want to force a download regardless of whether the file type will be recognised by the browser then you would have to send your own headers. Something like the following: header(HTTP/1.0 200 OK); header(Content-Type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=some_filename); header(Content-Location: $F); header(content-length: . filesize(/path/to/file.ext)); header(Location:http://www.domain.com/some_filename;); **CORRECTION** (I was trying to adapt some old code to use for this example) header(HTTP/1.0 200 OK); header(Content-Type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=some_filename); header(Content-Location: some_filename); header(content-length: . filesize(/path/to/file.ext)); readfile(/path/to/file.ext); -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Clear the laundromat!! This whirl-o-matic just had a nuclear meltdown!! */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Friday 25 January 2002 02:16, daniel wrote: Todd- When I use the following code, I am not asked if I want to Save the file or Open it. Instead, the contents of the file are displayed in the browser. I am sure that I have missed something simple!! Todd ?php $len = filesize(test.pdf); header(Content-type: application/pdf); header(Content-Length: $len); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.pdf); readfile(test.pdf); ? The code you are showing should work... therefore it may be something to do with your browser. Try changing the Content-Type to something that there is no way you could have ever registered in your browser: header(Content-Type: x-this-is-a-test/for-php); And see if that changes the way it handles it. Of course, application/pdf is the CORRECT MIME type, so if this NEW MIME type does solve the problem, you should attempt to fix your browser, and put the script back the way it was. I just want to point out that some versions of IE are notoriously buggy (what's new ;-)) and would try to display any type of file regardless of what you have for the Content-Type. So if you have a buggy version of IE you need to upgrade it. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Accident, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better. -- Foolish Dictionary */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
Jason and Daniel -
Maybe this is a cop out, however it is working. Comments welcomed..
html
head
?
print('meta http-equiv=refresh content=0; URL=docs/' . $filename
. '');
?
titleSendfile/title
/head
...
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Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Friday 25 January 2002 03:06, Todd Cary wrote:
Jason and Daniel -
Maybe this is a cop out, however it is working. Comments welcomed..
html
head
?
print('meta http-equiv=refresh content=0; URL=docs/' . $filename
. '');
?
titleSendfile/title
/head
...
Hmm, but if the file was a recognised type then this would just display the
file in your browser. So wouldn't it be easier to use the header(Location:
...) example that I gave earlier?
In any case I thought your objective was to display a Save/Open ... dialog?
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[PHP] How can the Surfer download
What is the syntax to give the surfer an opportunity to download a file? Todd -- Todd Cary Ariste Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] How can the Surfer download
On Thursday 24 January 2002 13:27, Todd Cary wrote: What is the syntax to give the surfer an opportunity to download a file? Please elaborate. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Kitchen activity is highlighted. Butter up a friend. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
