Hi, I'm having some problems with forcing a file download. I want to use the script to force the download of .doc,.pdf and .txt files so they don't get opened in the current browser window. I already have a script that works on most browsers (ie5.01, netsc4.07, netsc6.01, opera4.01 all on PC) except for IE 5.5 and Opera 5 on PC. Macintosh browsers (both IE and Netscape) don't like my script either... IE 5.5 just opens the file in the browserwindow, Opera 5 just opens raw code in the browserwindow (as if they were textfiles). I already had to use a little hack to please IE 5.5, otherwise download.php got downloaded instead of the actual file... Please have a look at the code below. I know I could use a javascript popup window, but I realy would like to get this script going... All tips are greatly appreciated! Thanx alot! Bert This is what I've got for now: ****************** <? //download.php, a result of some serious cutting and pasting... //download.php?file.ext will get 'file.ext' from the download directory //download.php?somesubdir/file.ext will get 'file.ext' from 'somesubdir' in the download directory $what_to_get = getenv("QUERY_STRING"); //this puts cookie to know they have downloaded before SetCookie("Download",yep, time()+36000000, "/", "www.domain.com", 0); $size = filesize("/path/to/the/download/dir/$what_to_get"); //we wanna know the name of the file, without the directories $my_name_is = basename($what_to_get); //headerstuff //use one of these 2, I don't know if it makes a difference... //header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); //need the size of our file header("Content-Length: $size"); // IE5.5 just downloads download.php if we don't do this... // for now I only check on 5.5 but what if 6.0 has the same problem?? if(preg_match("/MSIE 5.5/", $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) header("Content-Disposition: filename=$my_name_is"); } else header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$my_name_is"); } header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); $fh = fopen("/path/to/the/download/dir/$what_to_get", "r"); fpassthru($fh); exit; ?> ****************** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]