saiko saru

If you've ever wondered how sites are able to prompt a user to download a file from their servers here's how using php headers:

php code

header('Content-Type: video/quicktime'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=videoname.mov'); header('Expires: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', gmmktime() - 3600) . ' GMT'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize('/usr/home/tekmosis/testmovie.mov')); $fp = fopen('/usr/home/tekmosis/testmovie.mov', 'r'); fpassthru($fp);

Note that in the Content-Disposition header the filename can be whatever you want it to be. The only thing that matters pertaining to the correct filename is the fopen() and the Content-Length.

Your script actually needs to output the binary data of the file rather than directly pointing it to the location on the webserver.

Your MIME type should coincide with whatever type of media you're dishing up. For a list of MIME types see: http://www.utoronto.ca/web/HTMLdocs/Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html
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