download-header not working in IE

[Frank Thorstens]

Hi,

i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded in
the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in my IE
6 and Opera.

<?
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Length: 5");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"game data.txt\"");

echo "hello";
?>

I have an Apache 1 installed on my system, can it be that it is
misconfigured and sends the headers in a wrong way? How can i change this?

Help please,

bye,
Frank

[Eric Ellsworth]

Re: download-header not working in IE

What error message do you get?

Also, recall that once the script sends any text, it cannot subsequently
send headers (PHP should complain about this if error reporting is not
turned off).

EE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Thorstens" <FrankThorstens @gmx.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.php
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:15 PM
Subject: download-header not working in IE

[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded in
> the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in my[/color]
IE[color=blue]
> 6 and Opera.
>
> <?
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Length: 5");
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"game data.txt\"");
>
> echo "hello";
> ?>
>
> I have an Apache 1 installed on my system, can it be that it is
> misconfigured and sends the headers in a wrong way? How can i change[/color]
this?[color=blue]
>
> Help please,
>
> bye,
> Frank
>
>[/color]

"Frank Thorstens" <FrankThorstens @gmx.de> wrote in message
news:boc0b9$1cq mf7$1@ID-202045.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded in
> the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in my[/color]
IE[color=blue]
> 6 and Opera.
>
> <?
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Length: 5");
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"game data.txt\"");
>
> echo "hello";
> ?>
>
> I have an Apache 1 installed on my system, can it be that it is
> misconfigured and sends the headers in a wrong way? How can i change[/color]
this?[color=blue]
>
> Help please,
>
> bye,
> Frank
>
>[/color]

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: download-header not working in IE

"Frank Thorstens" <FrankThorstens @gmx.de> wrote in message news:<boc0b9$1c qmf7$1@ID-202045.news.uni-berlin.de>...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded in
> the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in my IE
> 6 and Opera.
>
> <?
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Length: 5");
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"game data.txt\"");
>
> echo "hello";
> ?>
>
> I have an Apache 1 installed on my system, can it be that it is
> misconfigured and sends the headers in a wrong way? How can i change this?
>
> Help please,[/color]

IE needs special headers. Read the notes at

http://in.php.net/header

<?php

header('Content-Type: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX' );
//IE need specific header
if (strstr($_SERVE R['HTTP_USER_AGEN T'], "MSIE"))
{
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$fi le_name.'"');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
}
else
{
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="'.$fi le_name.'"');
header('Pragma: no-cache');
}


?>


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[Frank Thorstens]

Re: download-header not working in IE

Hi,
[color=blue][color=green]
> > i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded[/color][/color]
in[color=blue][color=green]
> > the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in[/color][/color]
my[color=blue]
> IE[color=green]
> > 6 and Opera.[/color]
> What error message do you get?
>
> Also, recall that once the script sends any text, it cannot subsequently
> send headers (PHP should complain about this if error reporting is not
> turned off).[/color]

I get no error, but it just shows the text in the browser.
I send the headers before any other output.

bye,
Frank

[Frank Thorstens]

Re: download-header not working in IE

Hi,
[color=blue][color=green]
> > i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded[/color][/color]
in[color=blue][color=green]
> > the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in[/color][/color]
my IE[color=blue][color=green]
> > 6 and Opera.[/color]
> IE needs special headers. Read the notes at
> http://in.php.net/header[/color]

Thanks, i tried your code but still no luck, the IE just shows the text in
the browser. :-(

bye,
Frank

[Tom Thackrey]

Re: download-header not working in IE


On 5-Nov-2003, "Frank Thorstens" <FrankThorstens @gmx.de> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded[/color][/color]
> in[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in[/color][/color]
> my IE[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > 6 and Opera.[/color]
> > IE needs special headers. Read the notes at
> > http://in.php.net/header[/color]
>
> Thanks, i tried your code but still no luck, the IE just shows the text in
> the browser. :-([/color]

Here's what works for me:
I can't remember where I got it, maybe here. :-)

$filename = $ex_name.'.csv' ;
$mime_type = 'text/x-csv';
header('Content-Type: ' . $mime_type);
header('Expires : ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
if (strpos($_SERVE R["HTTP_USER_AGEN T"],'MSIE')!==fals e)
{
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
} else
{
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Pragma: no-cache');
}

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[John Dunlop]

Re: download-header not working in IE

Frank Thorstens wrote:
[color=blue]
> i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded in
> the client's browser and not displayed.[/color]

Why?

--
Jock

[Frank Thorstens]

Re: download-header not working in IE

> > i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded
in[color=blue][color=green]
> > the client's browser and not displayed.[/color]
>
> Why?[/color]

The client have to open this file in excel. So it's more convinient if he
directly saves the data instead of seeing it in the browser, than have to
save it as text etc.

bye,
Frank

[John Dunlop]

Re: download-header not working in IE

Frank Thorstens wrote:
[color=blue]
> The client have to open this file in excel. So it's more convinient if he
> directly saves the data instead of seeing it in the browser, than have to
> save it as text etc.[/color]

Why is the client limited to those options?

--
Jock

[Frank Thorstens]

Re: download-header not working in IE

> > The client have to open this file in excel. So it's more convinient if
he[color=blue][color=green]
> > directly saves the data instead of seeing it in the browser, than have[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > save it as text etc.[/color]
>
> Why is the client limited to those options?[/color]

not sure, if I understand your question. The user on the client side wants
to put the downloaded Data into an excel sheet. So it's more convinient if
he directly saves the file and open it in excel.

bye,
Frank

[John Dunlop]

Re: download-header not working in IE

Frank Thorstens wrote:
[color=blue]
> The user on the client side wants to put the downloaded Data into an excel
> sheet.[/color]

What format is the data in?
[color=blue]
> So it's more convinient if he directly saves the file and open it in excel.[/color]

If it's an Excel spreadsheet, the registered MIME media type is
application/vnd.ms-excel.

--
Jock

[Frank Thorstens]

Re: download-header not working in IE

> > The user on the client side wants to put the downloaded Data into an
excel[color=blue][color=green]
> > sheet.[/color]
> What format is the data in?[/color]

it's a comma-separated text file.
The MIME for comma-separeted text files also didn't work. I found out, what
was wrong, see the other post.

but thanks for replying,
Frank

[Frank Thorstens]

Re: download-header not working in IE

ok, i tested always by putting the URL of the PHP page into the address
field of the browser.
I now found, that the download is initiated by a href to the page or by
other way of linking.

So it seems to work.

Thank all you guys for replying.

bye,
Frank

[John Dunlop]

Re: download-header not working in IE

Frank Thorstens wrote:
[color=blue]
> it's a comma-separated text file.
> The MIME for comma-separeted text files also didn't work.[/color]

There is no registered MIME media type for that format. You
might've used text/x-csv or suchlike. Whatever you use, the major
type should be text.

--
Jock

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: download-header not working in IE

"Frank Thorstens" <FrankThorstens @gmx.de> wrote in message news:<bocu24$1c bjpc$1@ID-202045.news.uni-berlin.de>...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > i try to give my script headers so the output text would be downloaded[/color][/color]
> in[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > the client's browser and not displayed. But it doesn't work at all in[/color][/color]
> my IE[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > 6 and Opera.[/color]
> > IE needs special headers. Read the notes at
> > http://in.php.net/header[/color]
>
> Thanks, i tried your code but still no luck, the IE just shows the text in
> the browser. :-([/color]

In my experience, it won't download if you call it directly.
But, it will work if you call from another script by clicking or by
POST or GET.

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do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen"---Albert
Einstein
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