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clarkk
clarkk

Reputation: 1

file force download

I want to force a download.. In IE I get an error but there are no problems in FF

header("Content-Type: application/force-download\n");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.txt");

echo 'test file';

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1562

Answers (2)

sakhunzai
sakhunzai

Reputation: 14500

This might help you , it works for me 

header('Content-Type: application/force-download');
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
flush();
readfile($filename);
exit;

you can add other headers if desired :)

Upvotes: 0

KingCrunch
KingCrunch

Reputation: 132061

I just googled about your curious application/force-download mime type. I dont know, who did "invented" this, but it seems, that it just dont exists. See http://mimeapplication.org/force-download.html

This means, the IE probably dont like it. Use application/octet-stream instead. As far as I remember firefox opens a download dialog for every mime-type, that is either registered with "show download dialog", or it simply doesnt know. In this case FF probably doesnt know the type.

Upvotes: 5

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