Re: [PHP] file redirect?
Ah, didn't know you also serve remote files. In this case Philip's solution makes
much more sense - otherwise you'll have to download the file on the server side and
upload it to the client, which is way too much fuss to worth it.
Bogdan
Ed Lazor wrote:
> At 12:58 AM 2/11/2002 +0200, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
> >Well, you have to send the actual file - otherwise the result of a zero-length
> >file is not surprising at all.
>
> That makes sense. I thought the last line was doing that. How would I do
> it in a way that works for local and remote files?
>
> > > $content_type = "Content-type: application/zip";
> > > header($content_type);
> > > header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
> > > header($destination);
>
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Re: [PHP] file redirect?
At 12:58 AM 2/11/2002 +0200, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
>Well, you have to send the actual file - otherwise the result of a zero-length
>file is not surprising at all.
That makes sense. I thought the last line was doing that. How would I do
it in a way that works for local and remote files?
> > $content_type = "Content-type: application/zip";
> > header($content_type);
> > header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
> > header($destination);
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Re: [PHP] file redirect?
what about this?
> http://server/download.php?url_to=/myfile.zip
check out
http://www.philipsdomain.com/hyperlinks/ for a redirect sample.
- Original Message -
From: "Ed Lazor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: [PHP] file redirect?
> I'm trying to figure something out and thought I'd see if you guys have
any
> ideas.
>
> The goal: tracking the number of downloads for files on the server.
>
> The approach: routing file downloads through /download.php like this:
> http://server/download.php?target=/myfile.zip
>
> What I tried that worked was using javascript to launch download.php in a
> new window and use a meta tag to redirect to the file in question, like
this:
>
> print "";
>
> This works, but it's really slow, because it usually takes a while to open
> a new browser window.
>
> I found another approach, but couldn't get it to work:
>
> $content_type = "Content-type: application/zip";
> header($content_type);
> header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
> header($destination);
>
> It seemed I got close at one point... it would open a File Save window,
but
> the file would end up as 0 bytes in size.
>
> My preference is using the second approach if I can get it working,
because
> it's much faster than opening a new browser window. Any ideas of how to
> make it work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
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Re: [PHP] file redirect?
Well, you have to send the actual file - otherwise the result of a zero-length
file is not surprising at all.
Bogdan
Ed Lazor wrote:
> I'm trying to figure something out and thought I'd see if you guys have any
> ideas.
>
> The goal: tracking the number of downloads for files on the server.
>
> The approach: routing file downloads through /download.php like this:
> http://server/download.php?target=/myfile.zip
>
> What I tried that worked was using javascript to launch download.php in a
> new window and use a meta tag to redirect to the file in question, like this:
>
> print "";
>
> This works, but it's really slow, because it usually takes a while to open
> a new browser window.
>
> I found another approach, but couldn't get it to work:
>
> $content_type = "Content-type: application/zip";
> header($content_type);
> header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
> header($destination);
>
> It seemed I got close at one point... it would open a File Save window, but
> the file would end up as 0 bytes in size.
>
> My preference is using the second approach if I can get it working, because
> it's much faster than opening a new browser window. Any ideas of how to
> make it work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ed
>
>
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[PHP] file redirect?
I'm trying to figure something out and thought I'd see if you guys have any
ideas.
The goal: tracking the number of downloads for files on the server.
The approach: routing file downloads through /download.php like this:
http://server/download.php?target=/myfile.zip
What I tried that worked was using javascript to launch download.php in a
new window and use a meta tag to redirect to the file in question, like this:
print "";
This works, but it's really slow, because it usually takes a while to open
a new browser window.
I found another approach, but couldn't get it to work:
$content_type = "Content-type: application/zip";
header($content_type);
header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
header($destination);
It seemed I got close at one point... it would open a File Save window, but
the file would end up as 0 bytes in size.
My preference is using the second approach if I can get it working, because
it's much faster than opening a new browser window. Any ideas of how to
make it work?
Thanks,
-Ed
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