[RESOLVED] Header, mime issues with FireFox (.reg files)

[sois]

Hello All,

This example is straight from the header page of PHP.net:

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');

So what if I have an unsupported file type? I am trying to generate registry files for my clients so they don't have to go through each computer and set default folders, colors.... etc.

BUT, Firefox always creates an .htm extension file even though I have:

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Default_Folders.reg; Content-type: application/octet-stream;');

declared.

Anyone know if this is an anomaly with Firefox? It works fine in IE.

Thanks.

[NogDog]

Don't know if it will help, but I think the content-type should be sent in a separate header:

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Default_Folders.reg"'); header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');

[bradgrafelman]

Yes - the headers should be separated by a line break (something that is done automatically with multiple calls to header()).

Also note how NogDog quoted the filename in the header; I don't remember which one, but I seem to recall one browser being rather finicky when you didn't quote the filename.

[sois]

Thank you so much guys. That did the trick.