I'm trying to figure something out and thought I'd see if you guys have any
ideas.
The goal: tracking the number of downloads for files on the server.
The approach: routing file downloads through /download.php like this:
http://server/download.php?target=/myfile.zip
What I tried that worked was using javascript to launch download.php in a
new window and use a meta tag to redirect to the file in question, like this:
print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0; URL=$destination'>";
This works, but it's really slow, because it usually takes a while to open
a new browser window.
I found another approach, but couldn't get it to work:
$content_type = "Content-type: application/zip";
header($content_type);
header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
header($destination);
It seemed I got close at one point... it would open a File Save window, but
the file would end up as 0 bytes in size.
My preference is using the second approach if I can get it working, because
it's much faster than opening a new browser window. Any ideas of how to
make it work?
Thanks,
-Ed
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