Re: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
I was working on a script that was supposed to generate PDF files on
the fly and ran into the same problem as you described. MS IE has
always been and will always be (?) a P.I.T.A. when it comes to
following standards (I am not really sure if the header application/x-
octet-steam is a standrad in order to force a download). I came up
with this little helper:
?php
$filename = example.pdf;
$len = filesize ($filename );
if ( ( preg_match('|MSIE ([0-9.]+)|', $agent, $version ) ) ||
( preg_match( '|Internet Explorer/([0-9.]+)|', $agent, $version ) ) )
{
header( 'Content-Type: application/x-msdownload' );
header( 'Content-Length: ' . $len );
if ( $version == '5.5' )
{
header( 'Content-Disposition: filename=' . $filename . '' );
} else {
header( 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $filename .
'' );
}
} else {
header( 'Content-Type: application/pdf' );
header( 'Content-Length: ' . $len );
header( 'Content-disposition: attachment; filename=' . $filename );
}
echo file_get_contents($filename);
?
All browsers I have tested with do show the download frame (Opera,
Safari, IE, Firefox, Mozilla browsers). But, as Richard already
mentioned, I had to fake the download URL, like http://
www.site.com/downloads/example.pdf. In the folder downloads I put
a .htaccess file with the line ErrorDocument 404 /link/to/my/php/
script.php.
/frank
14 jun 2006 kl. 02.19 skrev Peter Lauri:
I will try that after golf...
-Original Message-
From: Rafael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:28 AM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
I use something like this...
$file_len = filesize($file_name);
$file_ts = filemtime($file_name);
header('Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream'); // none known
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-
check=0');
header('Last-Modified: '. gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $file_ts) .'
GMT');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.
basename($file_name) .'');
header(Content-Length: $file_len);
readfile($file_name);
Peter Lauri wrote:
Best group member,
This is how I try to push files to download using headers:
header(Content-type: $file_type);
header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename);
print $file;
It works fine in FireFox, but not that good in IE. I have been
googled to
find the fix for IE, but I can not find it. Anyone with experience of
this?
Best regards,
Peter Lauri
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RE: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
I got it working on one server, but not the real server. I just took your
code and voila it was working (with some modifications).
It works on:
Localhost Windows
Plesk Server running Plesk 7.5
Not working on:
Plesk Server running Plesk 7.0
Then the questions is: Where should I start to search in WHY the server is
not sending the correct headers? This is becoming more and more irritating
:)
Best regards,
Peter Lauri
-Original Message-
From: Rafael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:28 AM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
I use something like this...
$file_len = filesize($file_name);
$file_ts = filemtime($file_name);
header('Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream'); // none known
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Last-Modified: '. gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $file_ts) .' GMT');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.
basename($file_name) .'');
header(Content-Length: $file_len);
readfile($file_name);
Peter Lauri wrote:
Best group member,
This is how I try to push files to download using headers:
header(Content-type: $file_type);
header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename);
print $file;
It works fine in FireFox, but not that good in IE. I have been googled to
find the fix for IE, but I can not find it. Anyone with experience of
this?
Best regards,
Peter Lauri
--
Atentamente / Sincerely,
J. Rafael Salazar Magaña
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RE: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
That did it, thanks... Ok, my knowledge about HTTP is not the best. But how can you send three different content-type headers? :) -Original Message- From: Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:36 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download Peter Lauri schrieb: Best group member, This is how I try to push files to download using headers: header(Content-type: $file_type); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename); print $file; It works fine in FireFox, but not that good in IE. I have been googled to find the fix for IE, but I can not find it. Anyone with experience of this? Best regards, Peter Lauri There ya go: // fix for IE catching or PHP bug issue header(Pragma: public); header(Expires: 0); // set expiration time header(Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0); // browser must download file from server instead of cache // force download dialog header(Content-Type: application/force-download); header(Content-Type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Type: application/download); // use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and // force the browser to display the save dialog. header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=.$path.;); header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary); header(Content-Length: .filesize($file)); readfile($file); -- Smileys rule (cX.x)C --o(^_^o) Dance for me! ^(^_^)o (o^_^)o o(^_^)^ o(^_^o) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
Peter Lauri schrieb: That did it, thanks... Ok, my knowledge about HTTP is not the best. But how can you send three different content-type headers? :) There are not so different at all. Just giving the browser the job to download that thing. Every browser likes to interpret every content-type like he wants to. They ignore mostly every type they dislike. That's the problem you encounter in using firefox/IE. Greets Barry -- Smileys rule (cX.x)C --o(^_^o) Dance for me! ^(^_^)o (o^_^)o o(^_^)^ o(^_^o) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download [medium]
Barry wrote: Peter Lauri schrieb: Ok, my knowledge about HTTP is not the best. But how can you send three different content-type headers? :) There are not so different at all. Just giving the browser the job to download that thing. Every browser likes to interpret every content-type like he wants to. They ignore mostly every type they dislike. According to the manual, header() will replace previous similar headers with the new one sent, which would be header(Content-Type: application/download); The optional replace parameter indicates whether the header should replace a previous similar header, or add a second header of the same type. By default it will replace, but if you pass in FALSE as the second argument you can force multiple headers of the same type [1]http://php.net/header As for the value of Content-Type it doesn't matter, you only have to specify an unknown (MIME) type so the browser won't know what to do with it, hence forcing to download the file. As minor notes (after reading a bit the RFC)... Expires is expected to be a date, not a number, and Pragma value conflicts with Cache-control, since... public Indicates that the response MAY be cached by any cache, even if it would normally be non-cacheable or cacheable only within a non- shared cache. (See also Authorization, section 14.8, for additional details.) Also, it seems we're given a wrong use for must-revalidate (me included), that or I misunderstood the RFC documentation --I didn't even found pre-check post-check. Content-Disposition is not part of the HTTP standard and Content-Transfer-Encoding is ignored, since both seem to be for e-mail usage (LOL) --and it's possible values are quoted-printable o base64--. Finally, Content-Length and Content-Type seem to apply only if had the request been a GET. Interesting what you learn reading the RFCs, too bad they're too long and sometimes not that clear. RFC: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2616 -- Atentamente / Sincerely, J. Rafael Salazar Magaña -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
I will try that after golf...
-Original Message-
From: Rafael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:28 AM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] Re: Setting headers for file download
I use something like this...
$file_len = filesize($file_name);
$file_ts = filemtime($file_name);
header('Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream'); // none known
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Last-Modified: '. gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $file_ts) .' GMT');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.
basename($file_name) .'');
header(Content-Length: $file_len);
readfile($file_name);
Peter Lauri wrote:
Best group member,
This is how I try to push files to download using headers:
header(Content-type: $file_type);
header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename);
print $file;
It works fine in FireFox, but not that good in IE. I have been googled to
find the fix for IE, but I can not find it. Anyone with experience of
this?
Best regards,
Peter Lauri
--
Atentamente / Sincerely,
J. Rafael Salazar Magaña
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