Downloading from PHP script problem

leetcrew

The file has been downloaded successfully but the extension name of the file is not .ZIP ...

the extension name of the file downloaded from the script was .php3

what's wrong with my code? please help.... thanks in advance!


<?php
#  <a href="showzip.php3?id=file.zip">

$file = getcwd() . "/contents/protected_images/"  . $_GET['id'];
$handle = fopen ($file, "rb");
$size = filesize ($file);
$cont = fread ($handle, $size);
fclose ($handle);
$encimg = base64_encode($cont);
$imgcode = chunk_split("$encimg",30,"'.'");



header ("Content-type: application/zip");
header("Content-length: " . $size);
echo base64_decode ($imgcode);


?>

brad_fears

What browser are you using? I've noticed that IE always wants to append the file type to downloads like this, such as when you grab a .tar.gz file that winds up as a .tar.gz.tar file on your machine after download.

This may have something to do with the web server configuration, but try a different browser and see what happens.

--Brad Fears

leetcrew

i am using netscape 6

brad_fears

So what happens when you try a different browser?

leetcrew

they do all the same...
when the download completes, i should rename the extension name from .PHP3 into the right format which is .ZIP 🙁

leetcrew

what should i do next?

Weedpacket

There's another header you can add: "Content-disposition:" it's called if I remember right. Here's a snippet from the [man]header[/man] manual page:

<?php
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header("Content-type: application/pdf");

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=downloaded.pdf");

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');
?>
Note: There is a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 that prevents this from working. There is no workaround. There is also a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 that interferes with this, which can be resolved by upgrading to Service Pack 2 or later.

Other details on the subject can be found in the user notes there.

leetcrew

it works! thansk!!!