How can I make a good download script ??

[ovisopa]

Hello ppl,

I want to create a script for my site which will cound the downloads. A simple one I already made which after inserting in the database number of downloads has an header() redirection to the specified file. But if the file is an php file , for exemple, inetrnet explorer will open the pdf in that window and not asking me for sdave it or open it.

I know this can be done because I saw on a webbsite, but I don;t remeber where.. so is somebody here who can help me ??
10x in advance

see ya all

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[ovisopa]

I made a search in the first time, before my post, but on "download script" and some other tries I did not fiend what I wanted.

Now I used this script but on opera did not work till I removed the part with "// fix for IE catching or PHP bug issue ".

function send_file($file) { 

$fname = basename($file); 

if (file_exists($file)) { 

// fix for IE catching or PHP bug issue 
header("Pragma: public"); 
header("Expires: 0"); // set expiration time 
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); 
// browser must download file from server instead of cache 

// force download dialog 
header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); 
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); 
header("Content-Type: application/download"); 

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $fname . "\""); 
header("Content-Length: " . filesize ($file)); 
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); 

readfile($file); 
} 
else { 
print("Error: Could not open the file that you specified"); 
} 

exit; 
}

10x and see ya all