Try this:
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0"); // set expiration time
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="stations.gzip"');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize(stations.gzip));
readfile("stations.gzip");
/Peter
PS! To maintain the list and its functionality, do not post same message
multiple times DS!
-----Original Message-----
From: Rafael Mora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:01 AM
To: Peter Lauri
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] send a file or stream
Ok it works, but it returns me the same .php file, not the one I am creating
On 8/29/06, Peter Lauri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You need to make sure that you are not outputting ANYTHING before you do
> this. I might guess that you have a whitespace in the top of the script. As
> soon as you output, the server can not send any more header information, and
> the browser will think it is just text instead of treating it as an
> octet-stream.
>
>
>
> /Peter
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Rafael Mora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:25 AM
> To: Peter Lauri
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] send a file or stream
>
>
>
> I test it and gave me this: xœ ÉÈ,V¢D…'Ôâ=(r)(??/§C0/¿D!1O!3·
> ¿¨$1¯D¡¸¤(3/] LÖ‑ so the user should read that?? this is my code:
>
>
>
> <?php
> $params = array('level' => 6, 'window' => 15, 'memory' => 9);
>
> $texto_original = "This is a test.\nThis is only a test.\nThis is not an
> important string.\n";
> //echo "El texto original tiene " . strlen($texto_original) . "
> caracteres.\n";
>
> $da = fopen('stations.gzip', 'w');
> stream_filter_append($da, 'zlib.deflate', STREAM_FILTER_WRITE, $params);
> fwrite($da, $texto_original);
> fclose($da);
>
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> readfile("stations.gzip");
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/29/06, Peter Lauri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <?php
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> readfile("path_to_compressed_file");
> ?>
>
>
>
> Should do it then. if you know the path to the file :)
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Rafael Mora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:10 AM
> To: Peter Lauri
> Subject: Re: [PHP] send a file or stream
>
>
>
> 1. A user sends a request to your server to get a compressed file
> 2. You compress the file on the server
> 3. I want to send back the file to the user
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/29/06, Peter Lauri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Do you mean the following:
>
> 1. A user sends a request to your server to get a compressed file
> 2. You compress the file on the server
> 3. You want to send back to compressed file to the server
>
> It is number 3 you asking for?
>
> In that case:
>
> <?php
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> readfile("path_to_compressed_file");
> ?>
>
> /Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rafael Mora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:34 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] send a file or stream
>
> Hi!
>
> i want to send a file or output stream in a .php, but first compress it, I
> tryed the example to compress files but how do i do to send as answer to
> the
>
> http request??
>
> Rafa
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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