downloading gz compressed files?

[yawnmoth]

i have a short php script that creates a gz compressed file, but...
when i try to download it, internet explorer doesn't prompt me for a
download location, and then save it at that download location...
instead, it just opens it as it would any old text document... this
is not what i want it to do... i want to be able to download it, not
view it. any ideas on how to do this?

here's the code:

<?
system("ls -l | gzip > test.gz");
print "download <a href=test.gz>he re</a>";
?>

[SeeSchloss]

Re: downloading gz compressed files?

Après mure réflexion, "yawnmoth" a écrit :[color=blue]
> i have a short php script that creates a gz compressed file,
> but... when i try to download it, internet explorer doesn't
> prompt me for a download location, and then save it at that
> download location... instead, it just opens it as it would any
> old text document... this is not what i want it to do... i want
> to be able to download it, not view it. any ideas on how to do
> this?
>
> here's the code:
>
> <?
> system("ls -l | gzip > test.gz");
> print "download <a href=test.gz>he re</a>";
> ?>[/color]

Well you can always right click on the link and 'save
as...'...


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[Timo Henke]

Re: downloading gz compressed files?

> > <?[color=blue][color=green]
> > system("ls -l | gzip > test.gz");
> > print "download <a href=test.gz>he re</a>";
> > ?>[/color][/color]

Your Webserver seems to not send the correct mime-type of the downloaded
file.

Try sending the mime-type on your own using the header() and send the
filedata manually instead of providing a download link.

$fp = fopen("test.gz" ,"rb");
$size = filesize("test. gz");
$content = fread($fp,$size );
fclose($fp);

Header('Content-Type: application/x-zip');
Header('Content-Length: '. $size);
Header('Content-disposition: inline; filename=test.g z');
print $content;
}

(not sure with the mime-type .. you better look it up!)

timo

[yawnmoth]

Re: downloading gz compressed files?

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:01:15 +0200, "Timo Henke" <webmaster@fli7 e.de>
wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>> > <?
>> > system("ls -l | gzip > test.gz");
>> > print "download <a href=test.gz>he re</a>";
>> > ?>[/color][/color]
>
>Your Webserver seems to not send the correct mime-type of the downloaded
>file.
>
>Try sending the mime-type on your own using the header() and send the
>filedata manually instead of providing a download link.
>
>$fp = fopen("test.gz" ,"rb");
>$size = filesize("test. gz");
>$content = fread($fp,$size );
>fclose($fp);
>
> Header('Content-Type: application/x-zip');
> Header('Content-Length: '. $size);
> Header('Content-disposition: inline; filename=test.g z');
> print $content;
> }
>
>(not sure with the mime-type .. you better look it up!)
>
>timo[/color]

that header command looks pretty nifty - thanks! :D