Download a File with extension TXT

[mbinfo]

I'm trying to download a file named N5AETC.TXT.
What must be the specified at the Content-Type field of the header?
I tried several options.
When using 'text/plain' the result changes to a display, not a file. If it is 'application/text' it appends a .php at the end of the file name - already set as "N5AETC.TXT".

Just for test I changed to 'application/msword' and the extension appended was '.doc'. If I have an option to have '.txt' appended I can simply use "N5AETC" and let it make what it wants. But I don't want my file named .php...

What is the work around?

Thanks

 

[sleipnir214]

See the discussion on the "Content-Disposition" HTTP header on page for the PHP function header()

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[mbinfo]

Thank you sleipnir214, but the (loooong) discussion only told me some things I already knew.
There is one item - about file names appended to URL's - that is significant for me. Although I'm NOT sending the file name with a URL, my browser IS Netscape 7.
With IE the file name problem did not showed up. That means: IE worked fine with the specifications I had.

I think the problem is the same, probably the root of it is the same bug. But I could not apply the work around suggested. I tried to put a slash prefixing my file name. Nothing worked.

I'll have to test it with other browsers and see what happens.
Thank you anyway.

 

[sleipnir214]

Are you using the "Content-Disposition" header at all?

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[sleipnir214]

Also, have you tried using the generic HTTP Content-Type header, "application/octet-stream"?

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[mbinfo]

Sleipnir214,

Yes and yes.
Here is my complete set of headers:

header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate,
          post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private", false);
header("Content-Type: application/octetstream;
          name=\"{$filename}\";");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;
          filename=\"{$filename}\";");
header("Content=Length: ".strlen($filecstr));

I realize the problem is up to Netscape, once IE is working fine. Among my customers I doubt if there is at least one using Ns7... So this problem is not a problem.
I must switch to other browser and see the results. I had no time to do this yet.

Thank you very much... If I can help you somehow, feel free to ask (ulisses at mb-info dot com dot br). You have a bonus credit in my "to do" tasks...

Ulisses

 

[sleipnir214]

It's not:

application/octetstream

but rather:

application/octet-stream


I don't know if it will make a difference or not, but the dash is part of the string.

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