Posted by Toby A Inkster on 11/17/07 18:40

nospam wrote:

> I want to create a hyperlink to let users download MP3's when they click.
> The default behavior is to play. I know they can right-click and save as,
> but I don't want to have to tell them that.

The proper way is to send an HTTP header saying:

Content-Disposition: attachment

This tells the browser that you *intend* for the file to be saved rather
than handled using a plugin. The browser may be configured to ignore this
preference -- and so it should be: it's really the visitor's choice what
they do with the file once it arrives on their system -- but at least you
have made your intentions known.

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