You might try...
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
maybe?
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Daniel Leighton wrote:
> Actually, I think you may have misunderstood. On Mozilla (Mac), Netscape (Mac) and
> Safari the script works exactly as I have intended: sending the "Content-Type:
> application/octet-stream" header causes the file to download; sending the
> "Content-Type: video/quicktime" causes the file to be played within the browser. On
> IE (Mac OS X), some files with the .mov extension download when the "Content-Type:
> application/octet-stream" header is sent, while others play in-browser, while all
> play in-browser, as they should.
>
> From what I understand, "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" header should
> ALWAYS cause a download. This is not an issue of post-processing (the settings in
> the browser which tell it to open a file in a certain application AFTER the file has
> been downloaded - that is not a problem). BTW, even if I change my preferences in
> IE to save .mov files to disk, they still play in-browser.
>
> After re-compiling PHP with mime-magic enabled, the mime_content_type() function is
> returning "video/quicktime" for the file which does not download and "text/plain"
> for the one which does (even though the "text/plain" file plays fine both in-browser
> and once it is downloaded). In any case, that will be my next area of investigation.
>
> At 12:03 PM -0800 on 3/25/03, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
>
>
> >This is not a MAC IE problem, it is the way browsers work. If the MIME type
> >is mapped to an application, the browser will launch the application. IE
> >does it inline, while Netscape tends to launch it separately.
> >
> >You can send false headers with a made up type and a missing file extension,
> >but then the browser will not know what type of file it is and the save as
> >is harder for the user as they have to put the right extension on. It is a
> >work around, but a really poor one.
> >
> >header("Content-disposition: filename=$filenamewithoutextension");
> >header("Content-type:reallyreallyreallybigcsv");
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Step Schwarz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:49 AM
> >To: Daniel Leighton; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Mac IE File download problem - any solutions?
> >
> >
> >[...]
> >> The problem: When downloading certain files on a Mac using IE 5.x, files
> >are
> >> displayed within a browser window instead of downloading. This seems to
> >occur
> >> mostly with quicktime files (.mov, .mp3). Some quicktime files work,
> >while
> >> others with the same extension do not.
> >[...]
> >
> >Hi Daniel,
> >
> >I believe this is a browser setting, is it not? Using the default setup of
> >Explorer 5.2 for Mac, a clicked .mov file will play in IE.
> >
> >To change this behavior, go to Explorer > Preferences... > File Helpers,
> >select QuickTime Movie and click Change... then switch Handling from "View
> >with Browser" to "Save to File".
> >
> >I would be surprised if a file header could override this.. but if you find
> >a way, please let us know!
> >
> >-Step
> >
> >
> >
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