Re: manage stored files via web

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Victor Yegorov wrote:
> * apz <apz(at)nofate(dot)com> [20.03.2003 15:37]:
> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Victor Yegorov wrote:
> > > What I want is that file name suggested by browser would be the one, stored
> > > in DB. I currently enclose it in Content-type: HTTP header, but that seems
> > > to be not working.
> > for this purpose you got in header option to do "Content-Disposition".
> > Here I must warn you that IE expects Content-Disposition handled
> > differently than other browsers. Here is what I used to do:
> > ----
> > $myfakefilename = readFileName_FromDB();
> > if (strstr($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"], "MSIE")) // For IE
> > header("Content-Disposition: filename=$myfakefilename" . "%20");
> > else // For Other browsers
> > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$myfakefilename");
> > ----
> Great, exactly what I needed.
>
> One question - what for is "%20"? Explorer adds "[1]" suffix, when this
> space present. I've removed it.

actually I dont really know, i found it somewhere on the net. As I was
working with embedding documents from db (item with item image in db as
well), the content-disposition was actually causing problems for some
browsers as they assumed that although the file is to be embedded <img
src=getImage.php?itemcode=9346a> browsers got confused by the
content-disposition and were assuming that download is necessary. As I
really didnt need to use content-disposition I removed teh code. I know
now that there is also content-disposition inline (vs attachment).

you can read more on content-disposition at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

/apz, pain, n.: One thing, at least it proves that you're alive!