[RESOLVED] Outputting XML document

[vertmonkee]

I am creating a KML file to be opened with google earth.

The contents of the file are produced dynamically from my database depending on user selection from a drop down list.

When the form is submitted the file is created and the user can either open it with google earth which works fine. The file is named svgmap.php.kml

The problem I'm having is if the user chooses save to disc then the file is saved with the name svgmap.php. The contents are correct but people can not just double click the file to open it with google earth.

Has anyone got suggestions on how to fix this?

This is my last few lines of code which creates the file

$kmlOutput = $dom->saveXML();

//Output the kml file for download
header('Content-type: application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml');
echo $kmlOutput;

Thanks for any advice

[knowj]

just use mod rewrite.

in your .htaccess file put

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^svgmap.kml$ svgmap.php

and name the file .php rather than .kml.php mod rewrite is your friend reference to the file via svgmap.kml and mod rewrite will do the rest

[wsams]

This is what I normally do for downloads. Along with your Content-type you can add Content-Length and probably the most important in your case is the Content-Disposition where you can add the filename.

header("Content-type: {$mime_type}");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file));
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename={$filename}");
readfile($file);

Note, you'll still use echo because I'm reading a file and not a string.

[vertmonkee]

Thanks both for your replies.

I was trying the .htaccess method but not having much success.

I tried the extra header fields and that has done the trick perfectly.

Thanks again.