Redirect to external .exe?

[mrdance]

How can I redirect to an external file? I tried to use header("Location: url"); but it just barfed the code on the screen instead of showing the "save dialog" box.

Any ideas?

thanks / Henrik

[Yamakazi]

Create a PHP page like this

Header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=' . $filename);

Then read the file

@readfile($filename);

Btw if you gonna call this page with a variable like so:

Download.php?Filename=setup.exe

You better think about security because otherwise this is possible 🙂

Download.php?Filename=Download.php

Have fun

[mrdance]

but what if the file is on another server? I don't want to read the file from that server - I want to redirect the user to that server.

Any ideas?

[Yamakazi]

Normally if you do a redirect to a executable a save pop up should prompt. Maybe you have some trouble with your browser. Try another browser. Place the link to the exe here and i'll have a look.