Re: manage stored files via web

* 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.
>
> content-type, as name sais, is to suggest a 'type' of the file, should
> browser try to show the file (in case its plaintext/html) or should it
> call a plugin (ms word = "application/msword").
>
> What you want is you want to suggest that
> 1. browser saves the file
> 2. browser use different name than the url one.
>
> 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.

Thank you.

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Victor Yegorov