[RESOLVED] CSV force download issue in IE

[anoopmail]

hi,
I am trying to write a code to force download a csv file. It works fine on Firefox but in IE (ver 6.0) it fails. In IE, it shows a random filname without extension in the download dialogue.

the headers used are,

header("Content-type: text/csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file.csv");

also tried by adding these,

header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");

thanks in advance..

[NogDog]

I find the following works to force a download:

<?php
$file = '/path/to/file.csv';  // file to be downloaded
$name = 'file.csv';  // file name to be saved by client
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($file));
header('Content-Type: text/csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$name.'"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');

[anoopmail]

oops, I found the problem, the file name contained ' : ' as time delimiter which doesn't supported by windows file system.