IE header() for file download

alanzhao

Hi,

I've been searching lots of site for the code to download the zip file. here is one of it

		// 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");

	// use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and
	// force the browser to display the save dialog.
	header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . basename($download_file_path) . ";");

	// The Content-transfer-encoding header should be binary, since the file will be read
	// directly from the disk and the raw bytes passed to the downloading computer.
	// The Content-length header is useful to set for downloads. The browser will be able to
	// show a progress meter as a file downloads. The content-lenght can be determines by
	// filesize function returns the size of a file.

	header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
	header("Content-Length: " . filesize($download_file_path));

	set_time_limit(0);
	readfile($download_file_path);

the code works with Firefox and Netscape but IE. Can somebody help me?

Thanks!

bradgrafelman

Get rid of all of the Content-Type headers except for application/octet-stream and try it again.

alanzhao

I got the same result, IE open the file and output bunch of binary code.

bradgrafelman

Strange. Here's a download script I wrote for personal use... works fine in IE and other browsers...

       header ('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
       header ('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
       header ('Content-Length: ' . filesize($path.$get));
       header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$get\"");
$fp = @fopen($path.$get,'rb');
ini_set('max_execution_time', 0);
fpassthru($fp);
fclose($fp);

EDIT: Try surrounding the filename in the Content-Disposition header with quotes. I seem to remember IE having issues with this value if left unquoted...

alanzhao

great,

EDIT: Try surrounding the filename in the Content-Disposition header with quotes. I seem to remember IE having issues with this value if left unquoted...

It worked now!! took me a wholeday to figure it out.

Thanks!!!!

bradgrafelman

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