Download event

[Anon]

Hi, i've got this big doubt. Is it possible (either by JavaScript or PHP) to control the download event?

I'll explain myself. Say you have a web page with a link for downloading a file. The user clicks on it, and accepts the download or cancels it. Can i get to know wich of the two options were clicked?

My code for downloading is this:

$TheFile = basename($File);

header( "Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header( "Content-Length: ".filesize($File));
header( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$TheFile."");
readfile($File);

Any help on this subject?

Very much appreciated. fLIPIS

[sp0rk]

Not someting I've actually tried, but consider this. I use this code instead of readfile (for no real reason) to send a file.

$fp = fopen($file, "rb");
while(!feof($fp)) {
$buffer = fread($fp, 4096);
print $buffer;
}
fclose($fp);

You could add something to the while-statement to check if the script gets that far. Or maybe add it after the fopen-call would work? (No time to try it myself right now.)

Also, connection handling might be worth a read. I use that to log successful downloads and assorted things.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.connection-handling.php

[Anon]

Thnks for your help. I'll see about that.

fLIPIS