how to write a download php help help !!

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IF the file you want download with format .jpg .gif
.swf .doc

IE will never ask you "do you want save in your computer?"
the desplay it instead!
(the shortcome of this is that the visitor can get to know the download source location by url name)
if I want to write a php script
to download it !

who can help me ,and give me some help .thanks !!

I am now writing php to download files with protection!!

help help !!

[thefury]

try adding

header('Content-type: yourgona/downloadthis');

With whatever script u got that opens the file.. using fopen or readfile funcs.

[eoghain]

That might not work with IE. IE has a know bug that it ignores mime types and trys to figure out what the file is itself using the extension. Once it knows it, it does what ever it wants.

I found this code somewhere and have been using it successfully.

     // Code to fix IE download problems
     if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE")){
        $mime="application/x-ms-download";
        $attachment = "";
     }
     else {
        $mime = "application/octect-stream";
        $attachment = " attachment;";
     }

  $name = "YOUR FILE NAME HERE";
  header("Content-type: $mime");
  header("Content-Disposition:$attachment filename=$name");