[PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Re: [PHP-DB] force to download file
i have this on top of my php page:
header(Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel);
header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls);
but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
?php
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename.'');
?
That should do the trick, but if not then try adding the Content-Type
header from below.
?
function force_download($filename,$dir='./') {
if ((isset($file))(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
header(Content-type: application/force-download);
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename='.$dir.$filename.'');
header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary);
header(Content-length: .filesize($dir.$filename));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename.'');
readfile($dir.$filename);
} else {
echo No file selected;
}
}
?
FYI You have Content-Disposition twice; you only need the second.
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[PHP-DB] force to download file
hi all, i have this on top of my php page: header(Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel); header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls); but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE. my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file? thanks
Re: [PHP-DB] force to download file
IE likes excel files, and wants to open them for you since it is such a helpful application... If you want to force the download you need to lie to the browser and claim you are passing a file that it won't know what to do with. You can try an exe header, but that will likely prompt security warnings that will bug your users. -- Stephen Johnson c | eh The Lone Coder http://www.thelonecoder.com continuing the struggle against bad code http://www.thumbnailresume.com -- From: Hiep Nguyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:13:45 -0500 To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] force to download file hi all, i have this on top of my php page: header(Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel); header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls); but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE. my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file? thanks -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] force to download file
On Dec 17, 2007 3:13 PM, Hiep Nguyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi all,
i have this on top of my php page:
header(Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel);
header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls);
but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
thanks
Hiep,
This is a question that should've been asked on the PHP General
list, so I'm reply-all'ing and sending it to the General list for the
archives as well.
Here's a function I use that should help you out.
?
function force_download($filename,$dir='./') {
if ((isset($file))(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
header(Content-type: application/force-download);
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename='.$dir.$filename.'');
header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary);
header(Content-length: .filesize($dir.$filename));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename.'');
readfile($dir.$filename);
} else {
echo No file selected;
}
}
?
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RE: [PHP-DB] force to download file
Hi ,
Try with this header.
$export_file = YourFileName.xls;
ob_end_clean();
ini_set('zlib.output_compression','Off');
header('Pragma: public');
header(Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT);
// Date in the past
header('Last-Modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate');
// HTTP/1.1
header('Cache-Control: pre-check=0, post-check=0, max-age=0');
// HTTP/1.1
header (Pragma: no-cache);
header(Expires: 0);
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: none');
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel;');
// This should work for IE Opera
header(Content-type: application/x-msexcel);
// This should work for the rest
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename='.basename($export_file).'');
Regards,
Lasitha
-Original Message-
From: Hiep Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:14 AM
To: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP-DB] force to download file
hi all,
i have this on top of my php page:
header(Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel);
header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls);
but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
thanks
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