Force Download Wrong Filename

[RobHudson]

Hi

I am trying to force the browser to show the download file dialog box. It all works a treat except for the filename that is shown. It puts in the name of the PHP page as opposed to the filename that I provide. The browser I am using is IE6.

I check that the file exists first.

I have trawled google and others have asked the question but there are no answers that have helped me

header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$fileName."\"");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($pathFileName));

Any ideas???? Please help - I'm getting desperate now

Cheers
Rpb

 

[sleipnir214]

If $filename has the correct value, this is probably a problem with the fact that IE reserves the right to ignore headers whenever it feels like it.


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[RobHudson]

So are you saying that it can not be done in IE then?

Thanks Rob