I can upload, but how do I download a file????

[toedipper]

Hello,

The following code grabs the url of a file location on the net from a db
on my server for a file download.


// connection to grab url of the file
mysql_select_db ($database_loca l, $local);
$query_dllink = sprintf("SELECT dllink FROM software WHERE swid =
%s",$colname_dl link);
$dllink = mysql_query($qu ery_dllink, $local) or die(mysql_error ());
$row_dllink = mysql_fetch_ass oc($dllink);
$totalRows_dlli nk = mysql_num_rows( $dllink);
?>

So I've gone and grabbed the location.

I then stick this following bit in between the header sections on my
html page, note I am trying to kick of the download.

<? echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh \" CONTENT=\"6;
URL=http://\"$row_dllin k\" \">"; ?>

This all work on paper but nothing happens. Basically I want to grab a
file location url from my db and then start to download that file to the
user. I am not sure if I am doing this right at all so help would be
appreciated.

Any ideas?

tia.

td.

[John Dunlop]

Re: I can upload, but how do I download a file????

toedipper wrote:
[color=blue]
> <? echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh \" CONTENT=\"6;
> URL=http://\"$row_dllin k\" \">"; ?>[/color]

I'd imagine browsers would like what comes after 'URL=' to be
an address, but you have an extra set of quotes around
$row_dllink. That's what happens when you complicate things.

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Jock