Problems with File Downloads

[Anon]

Hi All,
I'm trying to do a file download like, when the user click on a link called Download here, then the file should be downloaded. I've used the headers and I'm getting the save dialog in netscape. But, after entering the file name, the download stops abruptly and displays a message "The document contained no data. Try again later, or contact the server's administrator". Any help will be highly appreciated.

My code is :

$download_filename="memb.doc";
$file_location_url="/student/users/links/";

if ($startdownload == "yes") {
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=$file_location_url");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$download_filename");
exit;
}

Thanks in advance

Nithya.

[Anon]

you can't exit. You have to then echo out the data to be downloaded.

if ($startdownload) {
// send headers
echo "body of file that is getting downloaded";
}

[Anon]

Thanks Tom.

I've made to download the contents of the .doc file. But, the problem i'm having now is , the save dialog box is not forced in IE but it works fine in Netscape. My download file is in /student/users/downloads folder and my download.phtml is in /student/users/links folder.

My download.php is :

$download_filename="iceappfm.doc";
$file_location_url="/student/users/downloads/";

if($startdownload == "yes"){
header("Location: http://192.168.111.20/student/users/downloads/$download_filename");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=$file_location_url");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$download_filename");

$data=readfile($download_filename);
echo($data);
}

Any help?

Thanks in advance.

Nithya.