This is determined by your mime types in apache conf file (assuming you are using apache) if the file type is not defined apache will try and download the file instead of parsing it for the browser.
Bruce Karstedt President Technology Consulting Associates, Ltd. Tel: 847-735-9488 Fax: 847-735-9474 -----Original Message----- From: Timothy J. Luoma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:48 PM To: Justin French Cc: php Subject: [PHP] Re: forcing file downloads On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Justin French wrote: > I know this has been discussed many times, but I've been hunting through > the archives with very little resolution on the issue. The user can define certain things given the way they want mime types to be handled. PDF used to be a good solution until several browsers decided that they would display PDF. So if I want to make sure someone downloads a file, I make it a ZIP, pure and simple. TjL -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
