force to download file

am 17.12.2007 21:13:45 von Hiep Nguyen

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hi all,

i have this on top of my php page:

header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=3Dexcelfile.xls");

but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.

my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?

thanks
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Re: force to download file

am 17.12.2007 21:17:34 von Stephen Johnson

IE likes excel files, and wants to open them for you since it is such a
"helpful" application...

If you want to force the download you need to lie to the browser and claim
you are passing a file that it won't know what to do with.

You can try an exe header, but that will likely prompt security warnings
that will bug your users.

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> From: Hiep Nguyen
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:13:45 -0500
> To:
> Subject: [PHP-DB] force to download file
>
> hi all,
>
> i have this on top of my php page:
>
> header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
> header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls");
>
> but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
>
> my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
>
> thanks

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Re: force to download file

am 17.12.2007 21:17:48 von parasane

On Dec 17, 2007 3:13 PM, Hiep Nguyen wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i have this on top of my php page:
>
> header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
> header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls");
>
> but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
>
> my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
>
> thanks

Hiep,

This is a question that should've been asked on the PHP General
list, so I'm reply-all'ing and sending it to the General list for the
archives as well.

Here's a function I use that should help you out.

function force_download($filename,$dir='./') {
if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$dir.$filename.'"');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-length: ".filesize($dir.$filename));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
readfile($dir.$filename);
} else {
echo "No file selected";
}
}
?>

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Re: force to download file

am 17.12.2007 21:17:48 von parasane

RE: force to download file

am 18.12.2007 06:49:10 von Lasitha Alawatta

Hi , =0ATry with this header. =09$export_file =3D "Yo=
urFileName.xls"; =09ob_end_clean(); =09ini_set('zl ib.output_compr=
ession','Off'); header('Pragma: public'); =09header("=
Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); // Date in the past =0A=
=09header('Last-Modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT'); =09hea=
der('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate'); // HTTP/1.1=
header('Cache-Control: pre-check=3D0, post-check=3D0, max-age=3D=
0'); // HTTP/1.1 =09header ("Pragma: no-cache"); =09header("=
Expires: 0"); =09header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: none'); =09he=
ader('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel;'); // This should work f=
or IE & Opera =09header("Content-type: application/x-msexcel"); /=
/ This should work for the rest =09header('Content-Disposition: attach=
ment; filename=3D"'.basename($export_file).'"'); = 0D =0A=
Regards, Lasitha -----Original Message----- From: Hiep=
Nguyen [mailto:hnguyen@jadesterling.com] =0ASent: Tuesday, December 1=
8, 2007 12:14 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] force=
to download file hi all, i have this on top of my ph=
p page: header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel"); h=
eader("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=3Dexcelfile.xls"); =
but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE. =0D=
=0Amy question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file? =
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Re: Re: [PHP-DB] force to download file

am 18.12.2007 10:57:11 von Richard Heyes

>> i have this on top of my php page:
>>
>> header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
>> header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls");
>>
>> but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
>>
>> my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
?>

That should do the trick, but if not then try adding the Content-Type
header from below.

> > function force_download($filename,$dir='./') {
> if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
> header("Content-type: application/force-download");
> header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$dir.$filename.'"');
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
> header("Content-length: ".filesize($dir.$filename));
> header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
> header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
> readfile($dir.$filename);
> } else {
> echo "No file selected";
> }
> }
> ?>

FYI You have Content-Disposition twice; you only need the second.

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Re: Re: [PHP-DB] force to download file

am 18.12.2007 10:57:11 von Richard Heyes