Forcing files to download in Netscape 7

[Dronealone]

Hello,

the age old problem of forcing files to download is coming back to haunt me.

I'm runing authentication scripts through a wrapper file which then sends the headers to download the file.

I send the following headers:

for IE:

header("Content-length: " . $db_row['file_size'] . "\n"
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream\n"
header("Content-Disposition: atachment; filename=\"$filename\""

and this works for nearly all apart from IE5.5 SP1

for Netscape 6:

header("Content-length: " . $db_row['file_size'] . "\n"
header("Content-Type: " . $db_row['file_type']);
header("Content-Disposition: atachment; filename=\"$filename\""


However Netscape 7 will not work with either of these configs, it insists on adding the .php extension to the file name in the save as box, and selects file types of php.

Does anybody have any ideas how to sort this one out, I've searched all over the place and am tearing my hair out!!!

Thanks

 

[sleipnir214]

I can only suggest the dumb idea.

Netscape has a history of requiring overly tight adherence to specs. Perhaps if you spelled "attachment" correctly? Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!