FOPEN and name of file

[MrDeeds]

Hi friends.
i have a file 'file.php' with a little script

$filename = "mydocument.doc";
fopen($filename, "r");

when i load file.php FF and IE open a window that asks if i want open or save the file 'file.php'

Why and how put right?
obviously i would open mydocument.doc...

Thanks a lot.
Regards

[MrDeeds]

ok not a bad start..
if I tell you that they are two days that I try to solve it you do not believe me!

i resolved with an "header" like this

$filename = "mydocument.doc";
$handle = fopen($filename, "r");
if ($handle) {
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-word');
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
}

I hope this is helpful to someone.
Thanks anyway, forgive me.
Regards

[Markus]

The reason the browser asks if you want to download the data is because it doesn't know how to interpret it. By giving the browser information such as the content-type and file name it can better handle the data.