RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link
Far be it from me to question the wisdom of tweaking the headers, but why do you need them at all? Why can't you just do: a href =filename.txtclick here/a which, so far as I can see, will load said text page into the user's browser window as soon as they click on the link. If the user then wants to save it, they can use the browser's Save As function. Too easy? Jill -Original Message- From: FARRINGTON, RYAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:22 PM To: 'George Pitcher'; Matt Babineau; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link you could also try this: or this or this -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link
that requires some form of trust in the user... I experience too many stupid people in what I do on a day to day basis and it is just easier if it forces a download... typical user experience: I were a user and there was a link to a word document that i wanted to edit. If I clicked on the link [and I had word installed =)] it would open the file in my browser window and allow me to edit it... but there is not toolbar for saving.. where are all my formatting tools... oh no I've gotta call the person that put the link out because I can't figure out what to do... help me ... BLAH!!! I hate people like that so I force the download and they edit it locally and use the same page to re-upload it.. it is just easier =) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link Far be it from me to question the wisdom of tweaking the headers, but why do you need them at all? Why can't you just do: a href =filename.txtclick here/a which, so far as I can see, will load said text page into the user's browser window as soon as they click on the link. If the user then wants to save it, they can use the browser's Save As function. Too easy? Jill -Original Message- From: FARRINGTON, RYAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:22 PM To: 'George Pitcher'; Matt Babineau; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link you could also try this: or this or this
RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link
Yeah, but the title of this thread says to download a TEXT FILE, not a Word document. No-one with any sense would ever download a Microsoft Word document off the internet by choice, unless they had a serious amount of trust in the web site owner, were browsing over a secure connection using SSL, and said document was digitally signed with a PHP signature or similar. And even then, you'd want to make sure your virus checker was switched on. This is because Microsoft Word documents, like executables, CAN CARRY VIRUSES (called Word Macros). ...and if you should _ever_ discover how to force someone to download something against their will, then that of course would be highly unethical... Maybe I'm just missing the point here. Is it really TEXT documents you're interested in, or something else? If it's text documents only, then my original suggestion still stands. If it's something more sinister then perhaps we should consider changing the thread title. Jill -Original Message- From: FARRINGTON, RYAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link that requires some form of trust in the user... I experience too many stupid people in what I do on a day to day basis and it is just easier if it forces a download... typical user experience: I were a user and there was a link to a word document that i wanted to edit. If I clicked on the link [and I had word installed =)] it would open the file in my browser window and allow me to edit it... but there is not toolbar for saving.. where are all my formatting tools... oh no I've gotta call the person that put the link out because I can't figure out what to do... help me ... BLAH!!! I hate people like that so I force the download and they edit it locally and use the same page to re-upload it.. it is just easier =) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link Far be it from me to question the wisdom of tweaking the headers, but why do you need them at all? Why can't you just do: a href =filename.txtclick here/a which, so far as I can see, will load said text page into the user's browser window as soon as they click on the link. If the user then wants to save it, they can use the browser's Save As function. Too easy? Jill -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link
you could also try this: header(Content-Type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Type: application/force-download); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$name); header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: text); or this header( Content-type: application/octet-stream ); header( Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$skeleton_name.skl ); header( Content-Length: $filesize ); echo $file_contents; or this $size=filesize(urfile); header(Content-Type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Length: $size); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=urfile_name.mp3); header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary); $fh = fopen(urfile_name, r); fpassthru($fh); they all work for me =) I know I should pick one and stay with it but I get bored =) -Original Message- From: George Pitcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:33 AM To: Matt Babineau; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link Matt, You should NEVER force a download on anyone. How do they know it isn't carrying a virus. What you should do is to send the headers that prompt a dialog box for Save or Open (I'm sure you've seen this). I'm not sure which headers you use for csv or txt files but I do this with PDFs all the time. ?php $fpd = E:\\Pdf\\ . $fp . .pdf; $len = filesize($fpd); header(Content-Type: application/pdf); header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$fpd); header(Content-Title: $fpd); header(Content-Length: $len); readfile($fpd); ? I suspect that you just need to change pdf to text in the Content-Type line. Using the above script will always save the file as (scriptname.pdf) so I've been a bit creative and when my user is heading towards a document, an appropriately named script containing the above script is created on the fly and called to handle the download. It is then deleted when they confirm downloading. The rest of my site uses Lasso so there's no point showing how those parts work. HTH George -Original Message- From: Matt Babineau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 February 2003 4:24 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link How can I force a download of a TXT file from a Link? Or an Excel CSV file? using PHP of course too. I am running PHP 4.3 on W2K. Are there any tutorials for this? Thx- Matt -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link
Matt, You should NEVER force a download on anyone. How do they know it isn't carrying a virus. What you should do is to send the headers that prompt a dialog box for Save or Open (I'm sure you've seen this). I'm not sure which headers you use for csv or txt files but I do this with PDFs all the time. ?php $fpd = E:\\Pdf\\ . $fp . .pdf; $len = filesize($fpd); header(Content-Type: application/pdf); header(Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$fpd); header(Content-Title: $fpd); header(Content-Length: $len); readfile($fpd); ? I suspect that you just need to change pdf to text in the Content-Type line. Using the above script will always save the file as (scriptname.pdf) so I've been a bit creative and when my user is heading towards a document, an appropriately named script containing the above script is created on the fly and called to handle the download. It is then deleted when they confirm downloading. The rest of my site uses Lasso so there's no point showing how those parts work. HTH George -Original Message- From: Matt Babineau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 February 2003 4:24 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-WIN] Force a user to download a text file from a link How can I force a download of a TXT file from a Link? Or an Excel CSV file? using PHP of course too. I am running PHP 4.3 on W2K. Are there any tutorials for this? Thx- Matt -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
