Problem for streaming asf/ra files

[Anon]

Hi,

I am currently writing a code only allowing the member to download the .asf movie or .rm movie which movies will not locate at the public_html but in somewhere that member's cannot access from http. However the download seems ok but cannot streaming the movie in real time. Can anyone help?

// $mtype represent the file type

if (!$fp = fopen($filename,"r"))
{
echo ("Could not find this file");
}
else
{
if ($mtype=="rm")
{
Header( "Content-type: audio/x-pn-realaudio");
Header( "Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=$thisfile" );
}
else if ($mtype=="asf")
{
Header( "Content-type: video/x-ms-asf");
Header("Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=$thisfile");
}
while (!feof($fp))
{
$output = fgetc($fp);
echo $output;
}
fclose($fp);
exit();

Thanks a lot

[herve]

You should check very carefully strings
in header() calls (a very common mistake) :

for instance I'm quite sure there's a
space after"Content-disposition:attachment"
should be "Content-disposition: attachment"

there\'s also a space after the ';' (before
"filename=")

and last : you're using two differents
variables for the file name :

in the fopen() you're using "$filename"
and in the header() calls you're using
"$thisfile"

[Anon]

Actually, it is not all the part of program, I just write down a fragement of the program. Also, the file can download and no error cause. The only problem is that the file cannot be streaming in real time.

[herve]

Ok, that explain the differents names
for the same variables; have you try
checking the header() parameters for
whitespaces ?

[Anon]

yes, i do it like that
Header( "Content-type: video/x-ms-asf");
Header( "Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$thisfile" );