File Download Problem

[kbc1]

Hi all

I am using the following code to force a file download when a user clicks the link:

if (file_exists($fileDir . $file)) {

header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $fileDir.$file . '"');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-length: ".filesize($dir.$file));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $file . '"');
readfile("$fileDir$file"); 

}

This works fine in FireFox and the user can either Open or Save the file however users of Internet Explorer 7 and 8 cannot open the file either directly or after saving it. The receive an error saying the file is corrupt and cannot be opened.

Any ideas where I am going wrong here?

Any thoughts or suggestions on a download script that you maybe use regularly that may help me out??

Thank you for reading.
K

[Weedpacket]

Why do you have two content-type headers and two content-disposition headers? (There is no such MIME subtype as "force-download".)

You refer to the file as $fileDir.$file three times, $file once and $dir.$file once. Are all of these correct?

[toxic_brain]

cleaned version might be something like

$path = $fileDir . $file ;
if (file_exists($path)) {
header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-length: ".filesize($path));
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file");
readfile($path);
}