Posted by windandwaves on 08/18/07 11:55

On Aug 18, 9:50 am, Jeremy <jer...@pinacol.com> wrote:
> Jeremy wrote:
> > windandwaves wrote:
> >> Hi Folk
>
> >> I would like a php file to be a forced download as KML file, but I am
> >> not sure how to do it.
>
> >> I would like it
>
> >> a. to have the KML extension (e.g. myfile.kml rather than myfile.php)
> >> - I could possible do this by writing the output of myfile.php to
> >> newly created file (myfile.kml) I guess
>
> >> b. force it as a download and have the appropiate header.
>
> >> I copied some code, but I am curious what you would recommend. Here is
> >> the code I copied.
>
> >> header("Pragma: public"); // required
> >> header("Expires: 0");
> >> header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
> >> header("Cache-Control: private",false); // required for certain
> >> browsers
> >> header("Content-Type: application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml");
> >> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
>
> >> Thank you
>
> >> Nicolaas
>
> > Easy way:
>
> > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="foobar.kml");
>
> > Jeremy
>
> Durrr.
>
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"foobar.kml\"");
>
> Haste makes waste :P

Thanks a million, that is simpler than I though!

Thank you.

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