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>here</a>";
?>

[SeeSchloss]

Après mure réflexion, "yawnmoth" a écrit :

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>here</a>";
?>

Well you can always right click on the link and 'save
as...'...
--
SeeSchloß - http://www.seeschloss.net

[Timo Henke]

> > <?

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

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.gz');
print $content;
}

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

timo

[yawnmoth]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:01:15 +0200, "Timo Henke" <we*******@fli7e.de>
wrote:

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

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.gz');
print $content;
}

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

timo

that header command looks pretty nifty - thanks! :D