Posted by "M. Sokolewicz" on 11/14/05 00:44

call me stupid, but why don't you do it like this:

$buf = "This is a test<br>";
header("Content-type: text/plain");
header("Content-Length: ".strlen($buf));
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=sfyc.html");
echo $buf;

??
looks easier to me... no output buffering required...

Todd Cary wrote:
>
> Just before the police knocked at my door, I made a few changes!
>
> <?
> ob_start();
> print "This is a test<br>";
> $buf = ob_get_contents();
> $len = strlen($buf);
> ob_end_clean();
> header("Content-type: text/plain");
> header("Content-Length: $len");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=sfyc.html");
> print($buf);
> ?>
>
> Todd
> Marcus Bointon wrote:
>
>> On 13 Nov 2005, at 19:27, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
>>
>>>> Many thanks! I did not know that MIME-Type. Change duly made!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You're not suggesting that you actually set the MIME-Type to
>>> application/force-download, are you?
>>
>>
>>
>> I think he is. I've called the MIME-type police and they'll be round
>> later.
>>
>> Todd, I think you should read this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/
>> q260519/
>>
>> There's a PHP example just before the user notes here: http://
>> www.php.net/header
>>
>> Marcus

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