File download problems

revez2002

Using the script below, I want to enable site users to download files. I am able to upload the files to the specified directory, and the permissions on this directory are 777. However, files that are downloaded cannot be opened, and an error window appears stating that the file cannot be accessed or has read-only permission.

I have look at some different scripts, and I think that all that I am missing is some type of reference to header information.

revez

 
<?php					
$current_dir = "content/documents/upload_files/";
$dir = opendir($current_dir);

while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
  if($file == $doc_name) {
    if($file != "." && $file != "..") {
      fopen($current_dir.$file, "rw");
      echo "<a href=\"content/documents/upload_files/$file\">$file</a><br>";
    }
  }
}

closedir($dir); 
?>

drew010

does this error occur after you click on the link to the file, and is it generated by the webserver or php?

revez2002

The message appears after you click on the file link. It also appears after trying to open the file after doing a right-click, Save Target As, and clicking Open file.

I don't think it is being generated by the webserver or by php, but by Windows on the PC that the file is being downloaded to.

drew010

is it a popup message or does it appear in the file after its opened by the downloader

revez2002

The message window appears in the file (pdf, xls, doc, etc.) after it is opened.

drew010

whats the html code of the message

Weedpacket

revez2002 wrote:
The message window appears in the file (pdf, xls, doc, etc.) after it is opened.

Do you mean the application you're trying to open the file in brings up the message dialogue?

Have you looked at the downloaded file in, say, a text editor (I'm guessing you don't have a hex editor or you would have used it already) to see what's in the file? What, for that matter is the size of the downloaded file and how does it compare with the size of the original? Is it larger? Smaller? Zero?