can't get zip to d'load

[moriman]

I want visitors to be able to download zip files without revealing their location (different server). I thought this short piece of code, saved as dload.php on my main server should work but I'm getting the zipfile as text output¿

<?php
$url = "http://alternate.server.com/";
$file = "thisfile.zip";
Header("Content-Type: application/x-zip-compressed");
Header("Content-Disposition: ; Filename=$file");
readfile($url.$file);
?>

Any suggestions?

Tia

[RedDragon]

try using

$theurl = $url.$file;
Header("Location: $theurl");

[moriman]

thx RedDragon.

That works but the location of the file is shown in the status bar. This is what I was trying to avoid so that people cannot go directly to my alternate server.

[RedDragon]

i think if you combine then it should work!

so try

Header("Content-Type: application/x-zip-compressed");
Header("Content-Disposition: ; Filename=$file");
Header("Location: $theurl");

[moriman]

thx again, but unfortunately that is what I was using 🙁