how can I force a file to download ?

[jorgepinho]

When anyone clicks a file "a.doc", it shows in the browser... how can I prevent that and make a file to download it.

I tried the code:

 readfile("a.doc")

but it shows "mambojambo"...

any help ?

thanks

JP

[NeuX]

You should be able to change the header information. Here is an example:

function download($server_path){

$filename = $server_path;
$pos = strrpos($filename, "/") + 1;
$filename = substr($filename, $pos);

$mime_type = "binary/octetstream";

header("Content-Type: $mime_type");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Description: my file");

passthru("cat $server_path");

}

[jorgepinho]

thankx for your reply

I can understand the function... but actually, nothing happens... I called the function with an absolute path.

Can I have more help ?

JP