Well, you have to send the actual file - otherwise the result of a zero-length
file is not surprising at all.

Bogdan

Ed Lazor wrote:

> I'm trying to figure something out and thought I'd see if you guys have any
> ideas.
>
> The goal:  tracking the number of downloads for files on the server.
>
> The approach:  routing file downloads through /download.php like this:
>         http://server/download.php?target=/myfile.zip
>
> What I tried that worked was using javascript to launch download.php in a
> new window and use a meta tag to redirect to the file in question, like this:
>
>         print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0; URL=$destination'>";
>
> This works, but it's really slow, because it usually takes a while to open
> a new browser window.
>
> I found another approach, but couldn't get it to work:
>
>         $content_type = "Content-type:  application/zip";
>         header($content_type);
>         header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename);
>         header($destination);
>
> It seemed I got close at one point... it would open a File Save window, but
> the file would end up as 0 bytes in size.
>
> My preference is using the second approach if I can get it working, because
> it's much faster than opening a new browser window.  Any ideas of how to
> make it work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ed
>
>
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