[PHP] download successfull... but in binary... why?

[Christian Dechery]

I got my script to successfully force the otuput to be redirected to a download
of a new file.

using:

if(stristr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,MSIE))
$att=;
else
$att= attachment;;
header(Content-type: application/download);
header(Content-disposition:.$att. filename=.$filename);

but the problem is, the output is comming as binary... so the '\n' is not
working, instead it'comming as a one giant line with lots of weird chars
instead of '\n'... how do I force it to be in ASCII mode?

and where can I find reference on these header stuff?





. [ Christian Dechery  ]
. Webdeveloper @ Tá Na Mesa!
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RE: [PHP] download successfull... but in binary... why?

[Boget, Chris]

 header(Content-type: application/download);

I think you'd need to change this to:

header(Content-type: text/plain);

but I could be wrong...

 and where can I find reference on these header stuff?

Not sure.  I find bits and pieces in this list...

Chris

RE: [PHP] download successfull... but in binary... why?

[Matt Schroebel]

the man page for header() says look here:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616

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 where can I find reference on these header stuff?

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RE: [PHP] download successfull... but in binary... why?

[Christian Dechery]

At 08:39 9/5/2001 -0500, Boget, Chris wrote:
  header(Content-type: application/download);

I think you'd need to change this to:

header(Content-type: text/plain);

but I could be wrong...

  and where can I find reference on these header stuff?

Not sure.  I find bits and pieces in this list...

tried it... doesn't work.

if I change to 'text/plain' the download doesn't occur... it shows the 
output on screen...


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RE: [PHP] download successfull... but in binary... why?

[Christian Dechery]

At 07:45 9/5/2001 -0700, you wrote:
You decided it was using binary because \n was not being converted to \r\n?

Aren't you just struggling with the difference between unix and windows
files?

Perhaps if you filtered the files replacing \n to \r\n when destination is
windows platform.

thanks man... that actually worked out... now the file is in perfect ascii 
mode just the way I wanted it.

Thanks a lot!


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Re: [PHP] download successfull... but in binary... why?

[Sebastian Wenleder]

Hi,

header(Content-type: application/download);

try this:

Header(Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream);

It always worked for me...

good luck,

Sebastian

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