Adding filename to downloaded file

[Russell]

Hi,

I'm using php to generate a csv file and want to force the user to
download it to their local PC.

Trouble is, when I use:

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"download.csv\"");

the browser wants to save the file as download.csv.php

Any suggestions as to how I can get rid of the .php? I'd rather not tell
apache that it should pass csv files through php.

Thanks,

Russell.

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Russell <nu**@null.noemail> wrote in message news:<xk*****************@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...

Hi,

I'm using php to generate a csv file and want to force the user to
download it to their local PC.

Trouble is, when I use:

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"download.csv\"");

the browser wants to save the file as download.csv.php

Any suggestions as to how I can get rid of the .php? I'd rather not tell
apache that it should pass csv files through php.

IE needs specific headers. Always refer manual before posting any
questions http://in.php.net/header

<?php
$file_name = 'xx.csv';
header('Content-Type: text/comma-separated-values');
//IE need specific header...
if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE'))
{
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$file_name.'"');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
}
else
{
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="'.$file_name.'"');
header('Pragma: no-cache');
}
?>
---
"Dying is an art, like everything else"---Sylvia Plath
Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com

[John Dunlop]

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

Russell [wrote]:

I'm using php to generate a csv file and want to force the user to [...]

There is no "force", despite what Skywalker'd have you believe.
header('Content-Type: text/comma-separated-values');

Perhaps the MIME media type text/x-comma-separated-values or perhaps
text/x-csv or perhaps something else prefixed with "x-"; there is no
text/comma-separated-values registered though.

[Chung Leong]

Is the operation going to the PHP page in question a POST or a GET? I
have run into problems with IE before using a POST to launch a
download.

Try adding this line:

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");

Also.

Russell <nu**@null.noemail> wrote in message news:<xk*****************@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...

Hi,

I'm using php to generate a csv file and want to force the user to
download it to their local PC.

Trouble is, when I use:

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"download.csv\"");

the browser wants to save the file as download.csv.php

Any suggestions as to how I can get rid of the .php? I'd rather not tell
apache that it should pass csv files through php.

Thanks,

Russell.