Not sure how to word this but ...

[IamStang]

Sorry for the poor subject line. My brain is fried from trying to find an answer to my problem and I just couldnt think of a short way of putting this.

Basically, I am attempting to write code that a download manager can understand, so to speak. My links on my site are as such:

http://mysite.com/index.php?file=0001

They open fine in a browser. However, if a download manager is used, all the visitor will get is, of course, "index.php". I know it is possible to use a link like above with download managers. I've seen numerous sites incorporate this.

If anyone knows how this is done, please point me in the right direction. I dont need "cut and paste" code, just the basics. I'll take it from there (I Hope).

 

[jpadie]

what do you mean by a download manager? do you mean one of those programs that will resume downloading in the middle of an interrupted file, or something different?

 

[Miros]

It sounds like it to me. They also have a simple browser built in that will show you all the links on a page so you can pick out the ones you want to download.

I think your problem is in the download providing script, not the page with the links on it. I've seen other systems like that and all the links look like "download.php?id=273957" and both IE and GetRight will save that file as realfilename-273957.zip (or whatever the server says the filename actually is).

Don't forget to put the Mime type on the download! Maybe that's where you can put the filename?

 

[Miros]

Here's someone else with a similar problem:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1263257&page=1

 

[IamStang]

Got it working fellas.

It was, after all the effort, a cookie issue. Go figure!

Thanks all!