renaming a file on fly(on client side)

[goaman]

Hi guys,
I have a little problem, I have files on my server like "file_82374834.foo", I want to know if it's possible to rename the file on client side when the file is(attached) about to be downloaded. User must be able to download the file with the different name, something like this: "good_filename.mp3". Is this possible?

pls let me know, thanks!

[thorpe]

you cant do anything on the client.

[SargeZT]

That is true thorpe, but with appropriate output buffering and headers, you can indeed change the filename. The key would be taking the headers out of the output buffer, and sending your own.

header("Content-type: application/x-download");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$new_name");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); 

Would work dandy, assuming you removed the previous headers.

[goaman]

thanks for the replies guys. SargeZT, its working jst fine.. thankyou so much. 🙂