[PHP] Re: force download in IE
I went through the same problem. the simplest solution with browsers like IE
5.5 is to click with the right buttom on the link an choose "save this
location". You could mention this on the your page in a "if you have trouble
dwonloading" sentence.
a very stable solution would be to make a selfextracting archive and provige
two download links, one for people having the helper application installed and
want to just view it or those who want to download it.
David Minor schrieb:
> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force download
> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code works
> fine for NN.
>
> // detect for MSIE bug
> if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE"))
> $attachment = "";
> else
> $attachment = " attachment;";
>
> // stream file to user
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$filename");
> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> readfile($tmp_file);
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[PHP] Re: force download in IE
I went through the same problem. the simplest solution with browsers like IE
5.5 is to click with the right buttom on the link an choose "save this
location". You could mention this on the your page in a "if you have trouble
dwonloading" sentence.
a very stable solution would be to make a selfextracting archive and provige
two download links, one for people having the helper application installed and
want to just view it or those who want to download it.
David Minor schrieb:
> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force download
> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code works
> fine for NN.
>
> // detect for MSIE bug
> if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE"))
> $attachment = "";
> else
> $attachment = " attachment;";
>
> // stream file to user
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$filename");
> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> readfile($tmp_file);
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Re: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
I have had success getting IE 5.5 for PC recognising the suggested
filename by changing the content type to something other than
application/octet-stream. If it was left as that for IE 5.5(which the
script snippet indicates) it would tend to take the filename of the
script that executed it, or HTML file where the link to the script was
located.
I have been using the forced download for txt and pdf files, dynamically
generated with PHP of course, for about 2 years. It is a pain in the ass
to figure out the correct combinations for every different IE browser.
Luckily it is a campus only system and the users are on PC or Linux.
Oh, and there is a bug if you try to force download in IE over an SSL
connection WHEN USING SESSIONS. I stumbled accross someone working on
the SquirrelMail project who found a solution. You just have to send
these two extra headers to get IE force these downloads over SSL
if (ereg("MSIE", $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
header('Pragma: ');
header('Cache-Control: cache');
}
That one had me stumped for 2 years and I had to bail out of the sessions
and pass everything through the URL to force a download.
Hope that helps too.
Tim Frank
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 22/08/01, 5:47:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pierre-Yves) wrote regarding
Re: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion:
> I worked on a script like yours for a looong time now!
> I need to force the download of various type of file, doc, pdf, zip, even
> html!
> Your script works fine on Opera 5.02 and netscape 4.76 on my win NT 4.0
box,
> but
> not on IE 5.5 On this one, it offers me to download the script file but
> instead of being
> a php file it has now an html extension !!
> Anyhow, I do have a download by email attachment button also, because I
gave
> up on trying
> to find a script to force download....
> py
> - Original Message -
> From: "David Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:10 PM
> Subject: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
> > I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
> > combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover all
> of
> > the platforms available, just those that my user-base uses, so this isn't
> > complete.
> >
> > combinations tested was IE5.5, NN4, NN6 for Windows 98 and IE5.5, NN4.7
> for
> > Mac 9.1. I tested all of these browsers using/not using 'attachment' in
> the
> > Content-Disposition header. and also changed out the Content-Type header
> > with 'application/octet-stream', 'application/download', and '*/*'.
> >
> > Here's the summary and what I did to make things work as well as
possible.
> > My goal is to prompt the user with a save-as dialog for an mp3 file.
> >
> > IE5.5 for Mac always uses the quicktime plugin to play the file no matter
> > what the disposition or type is. (also no matter what the file extension
> > is. Couldn't figure out how to trick it to download the file.)
> >
> > IE5.5 for Win98 would attempt to download the file if
> ("content-disposition:
> > attachment; filename=") attachment was there.
> >
> > All 3 of the Win98 browsers would do prompt with as few clicks as
possible
> > when content-type was "application/octet-stream". Therefore, I test in
> my
> > script for the Mac users and give them "Content-type:
> application/downlaod"
> > while I give other users "Content-Type: application/octet-stream". Of
> > course, this doesn't help the IE5.5 Mac users who still have to use
> > "Downlaod Link to Disk" routine to get a save-as prompt.
> >
> > Anyone who sees different ways this could be done, please respond.
> >
> > Here's my code:
> >
> > if (eregi("mac",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))
> >$type = "application/download";
> > else
> >$type = "application/octet-stream";
> >
> > // stream file to user
> > header("Content-Type: $type");
> > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
> > header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> > header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> > readfile($tmp_file);
> >
> >
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Re: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
Hi
This is the way I force save prompt on .html files .maybe useful (only
tested on ie) looks wierd but it works :)
Tom
At 06:10 AM 23/08/01, David Minor wrote:
>I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
>combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover all of
>the platforms available, just those that my user-base uses, so this isn't
>complete.
>
>combinations tested was IE5.5, NN4, NN6 for Windows 98 and IE5.5, NN4.7 for
>Mac 9.1. I tested all of these browsers using/not using 'attachment' in the
>Content-Disposition header. and also changed out the Content-Type header
>with 'application/octet-stream', 'application/download', and '*/*'.
>
>Here's the summary and what I did to make things work as well as possible.
>My goal is to prompt the user with a save-as dialog for an mp3 file.
>
>IE5.5 for Mac always uses the quicktime plugin to play the file no matter
>what the disposition or type is. (also no matter what the file extension
>is. Couldn't figure out how to trick it to download the file.)
>
>IE5.5 for Win98 would attempt to download the file if ("content-disposition:
>attachment; filename=") attachment was there.
>
>All 3 of the Win98 browsers would do prompt with as few clicks as possible
>when content-type was "application/octet-stream". Therefore, I test in my
>script for the Mac users and give them "Content-type: application/downlaod"
>while I give other users "Content-Type: application/octet-stream". Of
>course, this doesn't help the IE5.5 Mac users who still have to use
>"Downlaod Link to Disk" routine to get a save-as prompt.
>
>Anyone who sees different ways this could be done, please respond.
>
>Here's my code:
>
>if (eregi("mac",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))
>$type = "application/download";
>else
>$type = "application/octet-stream";
>
>// stream file to user
>header("Content-Type: $type");
>header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
>header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
>header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
>readfile($tmp_file);
>
>
>
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Re: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
Not necessarily an answer but on my work (a computer center for medical
students) we use a propietary Perl web-based course software and when doing
attachments on email messages on the system's bulletin board, the system
sends a header with "appplication/octet-stream" and IE 5.5 "attaches" the
.html extension to some downloads (not all). It is a known IE 5.5 bug, the
only way we have done to try to circumvent it (doesn't work everytime) is to
use the "Save Link As" feature, and sometimes that does the trick. IE 5.5
is buggy.
"Pierre-Yves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
004901c12b54$08c1cb50$0100a8c0@py">news:004901c12b54$08c1cb50$0100a8c0@py...
> I worked on a script like yours for a looong time now!
>
> I need to force the download of various type of file, doc, pdf, zip, even
> html!
>
> Your script works fine on Opera 5.02 and netscape 4.76 on my win NT 4.0
box,
> but
> not on IE 5.5 On this one, it offers me to download the script file but
> instead of being
> a php file it has now an html extension !!
>
> Anyhow, I do have a download by email attachment button also, because I
gave
> up on trying
> to find a script to force download
>
> py
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "David Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:10 PM
> Subject: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
>
>
> > I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6
browser/platform
> > combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover
all
> of
> > the platforms available, just those that my user-base uses, so this
isn't
> > complete.
> >
> > combinations tested was IE5.5, NN4, NN6 for Windows 98 and IE5.5, NN4.7
> for
> > Mac 9.1. I tested all of these browsers using/not using 'attachment' in
> the
> > Content-Disposition header. and also changed out the Content-Type
header
> > with 'application/octet-stream', 'application/download', and '*/*'.
> >
> > Here's the summary and what I did to make things work as well as
possible.
> > My goal is to prompt the user with a save-as dialog for an mp3 file.
> >
> > IE5.5 for Mac always uses the quicktime plugin to play the file no
matter
> > what the disposition or type is. (also no matter what the file
extension
> > is. Couldn't figure out how to trick it to download the file.)
> >
> > IE5.5 for Win98 would attempt to download the file if
> ("content-disposition:
> > attachment; filename=") attachment was there.
> >
> > All 3 of the Win98 browsers would do prompt with as few clicks as
possible
> > when content-type was "application/octet-stream". Therefore, I test in
> my
> > script for the Mac users and give them "Content-type:
> application/downlaod"
> > while I give other users "Content-Type: application/octet-stream". Of
> > course, this doesn't help the IE5.5 Mac users who still have to use
> > "Downlaod Link to Disk" routine to get a save-as prompt.
> >
> > Anyone who sees different ways this could be done, please respond.
> >
> > Here's my code:
> >
> > if (eregi("mac",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))
> >$type = "application/download";
> > else
> >$type = "application/octet-stream";
> >
> > // stream file to user
> > header("Content-Type: $type");
> > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
> > header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> > header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> > readfile($tmp_file);
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
I worked on a script like yours for a looong time now!
I need to force the download of various type of file, doc, pdf, zip, even
html!
Your script works fine on Opera 5.02 and netscape 4.76 on my win NT 4.0 box,
but
not on IE 5.5 On this one, it offers me to download the script file but
instead of being
a php file it has now an html extension !!
Anyhow, I do have a download by email attachment button also, because I gave
up on trying
to find a script to force download
py
- Original Message -
From: "David Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
> I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
> combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover all
of
> the platforms available, just those that my user-base uses, so this isn't
> complete.
>
> combinations tested was IE5.5, NN4, NN6 for Windows 98 and IE5.5, NN4.7
for
> Mac 9.1. I tested all of these browsers using/not using 'attachment' in
the
> Content-Disposition header. and also changed out the Content-Type header
> with 'application/octet-stream', 'application/download', and '*/*'.
>
> Here's the summary and what I did to make things work as well as possible.
> My goal is to prompt the user with a save-as dialog for an mp3 file.
>
> IE5.5 for Mac always uses the quicktime plugin to play the file no matter
> what the disposition or type is. (also no matter what the file extension
> is. Couldn't figure out how to trick it to download the file.)
>
> IE5.5 for Win98 would attempt to download the file if
("content-disposition:
> attachment; filename=") attachment was there.
>
> All 3 of the Win98 browsers would do prompt with as few clicks as possible
> when content-type was "application/octet-stream". Therefore, I test in
my
> script for the Mac users and give them "Content-type:
application/downlaod"
> while I give other users "Content-Type: application/octet-stream". Of
> course, this doesn't help the IE5.5 Mac users who still have to use
> "Downlaod Link to Disk" routine to get a save-as prompt.
>
> Anyone who sees different ways this could be done, please respond.
>
> Here's my code:
>
> if (eregi("mac",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))
>$type = "application/download";
> else
>$type = "application/octet-stream";
>
> // stream file to user
> header("Content-Type: $type");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> readfile($tmp_file);
>
>
>
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[PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover all of
the platforms available, just those that my user-base uses, so this isn't
complete.
combinations tested was IE5.5, NN4, NN6 for Windows 98 and IE5.5, NN4.7 for
Mac 9.1. I tested all of these browsers using/not using 'attachment' in the
Content-Disposition header. and also changed out the Content-Type header
with 'application/octet-stream', 'application/download', and '*/*'.
Here's the summary and what I did to make things work as well as possible.
My goal is to prompt the user with a save-as dialog for an mp3 file.
IE5.5 for Mac always uses the quicktime plugin to play the file no matter
what the disposition or type is. (also no matter what the file extension
is. Couldn't figure out how to trick it to download the file.)
IE5.5 for Win98 would attempt to download the file if ("content-disposition:
attachment; filename=") attachment was there.
All 3 of the Win98 browsers would do prompt with as few clicks as possible
when content-type was "application/octet-stream". Therefore, I test in my
script for the Mac users and give them "Content-type: application/downlaod"
while I give other users "Content-Type: application/octet-stream". Of
course, this doesn't help the IE5.5 Mac users who still have to use
"Downlaod Link to Disk" routine to get a save-as prompt.
Anyone who sees different ways this could be done, please respond.
Here's my code:
if (eregi("mac",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))
$type = "application/download";
else
$type = "application/octet-stream";
// stream file to user
header("Content-Type: $type");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
readfile($tmp_file);
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[PHP] Re: force download in IE
Some versions of IE will "sniff" the file to determine what type it is
rather than taking your word for it that you REALLY want to download the
file. From my memory this is IE 4, and IE 5.5 where this is a problem.
The way I dealt with this is to totally make up an application type that
IE will not have a helper app for... such as "new/type" or whatever you
want. This should then trick IE into forcing a download.
The other trick I noted was that IE 5.5 doesn't like the "attachement"
keyword in the Content-Disposition header. Don't ask me why, all I know
is that it won't pick up the supplied filename if you include it.
That is from my experiences in forcing download files and it seems to
work out once you figure out every combination of what does/doesn't work
for the various versions of IE. Netscape is always fine, and I haven't
tried any others extensively.
Fiddle with the various headers for the different IE browsers and you
will get it to work.
Tim Frank
>> Original Message <<
On 20/08/01, 1:45:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Minor) wrote regarding
Re: force download in IE:
> on 8/20/01 12:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This gave the same result: it launches the helper app.
> Please help!!
> Regards.
> dm
> > Have you tried this?
> >
> > header("Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream");
> > header("Content-Description: MP3 file");
> >
> > David Minor wrote:
> >
> >> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force
download
> >> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code
works
> >> fine for NN.
> >>
> >> // detect for MSIE bug
> >> if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE"))
> >> $attachment = "";
> >> else
> >> $attachment = " attachment;";
> >>
> >> // stream file to user
> >> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> >> header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$filename");
> >> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> >> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> >> readfile($tmp_file);
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[PHP] Re: force download in IE
on 8/20/01 12:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This gave the same result: it launches the helper app.
Please help!!
Regards.
dm
> Have you tried this?
>
> header("Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream");
> header("Content-Description: MP3 file");
>
> David Minor wrote:
>
>> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force download
>> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code works
>> fine for NN.
>>
>> // detect for MSIE bug
>> if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE"))
>> $attachment = "";
>> else
>> $attachment = " attachment;";
>>
>> // stream file to user
>> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
>> header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$filename");
>> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
>> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
>> readfile($tmp_file);
[PHP] Re: force download in IE
Have you tried this?
header("Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream");
header("Content-Description: MP3 file");
David Minor wrote:
> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force download
> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code works
> fine for NN.
>
> // detect for MSIE bug
> if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE"))
> $attachment = "";
> else
> $attachment = " attachment;";
>
> // stream file to user
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$filename");
> header("Content-Length: ".filesize($tmp_file));
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> readfile($tmp_file);
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