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PHP Script Error
Im trying to write a PHP script that will allow the downloading of Windows Media Video files (.wmv) I came up with this:
header('Content-Descriptio
header("Content-type: application/force-download
header("Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv");
header('Content-Dispositio
header('Content-Transfer-E
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($Dfile);
The problem is that it will bring up a save as dialog box for anything else but .wmv files. I was ale to download a .mp3 and .jpg etc... but for some reason .wmv will not come up it just dies. Can anyone help me with this, maybe tell me what Im missing?
header('Content-Descriptio
header("Content-type: application/force-download
header("Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv");
header('Content-Dispositio
header('Content-Transfer-E
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($Dfile);
The problem is that it will bring up a save as dialog box for anything else but .wmv files. I was ale to download a .mp3 and .jpg etc... but for some reason .wmv will not come up it just dies. Can anyone help me with this, maybe tell me what Im missing?
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No, I mean <a href="yoursite.com/your.wm
Ok, that shows that is accessible on the web site. Which browser are you using and can you try it in Firefox or Chrome? I ask because opening in Windows Media Player would be the default in Internet Explorer but not necessarily in the others.
I have tried the script on IE, Firefox & Safari and all of them just die. But if I were to try one of the other file like mp3 or jpg it brings up the save as dialog box for all 3 browsers.
Try one of the simpler versions on this page: http://php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Also if your WMV file name has a space in it, you might want to modify the line with the filename so that the filname is enclosed in double quotes like below.
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
Im new to PHP so do you mean use something like this:
header("Location: http://www.example.com/test.wmv");
header("Location: http://www.example.com/test.wmv");
No. If you look at the "Content-Disposition:" header you have, you will see that the filename could have spaces in it and be misinterpreted if it is not quoted. I added double quotes to your line above. If your original filename does not have spaces in it, it doesn't matter.
No the original file name does not have spaces in it. I have tried multiple wmv files and none of them have spaces in the file name.
Here are a pair of files for you that work for me. Save the HTML file as 'test.html' and save the PHP file as 'phpdnld.php' in the same directory. Change the image files to the names of files that you actually have and try it.
<?php
$file = $_GET['fn'];
$fext = explode(".",$file);
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
if($fext[1] == 'wmv') {
//header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header("Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv");
}
if($fext[1] == 'jpg') {
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
}
if($fext[1] == 'pdf') {
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
}
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
//ob_clean();
//flush();
readfile($file);
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP download test</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>PHP download test</h1><br>
<a href="phpdnld.php?fn=bud4.wmv">bud4.wmv</a><br><br>
<a href="phpdnld.php?fn=BrightEyes.jpg">BrightEyes.jpg</a><br><br>
<a href="phpdnld.php?fn=980601-001A.pdf">980601-001A.pdf</a><br><br>
</body>
</html>
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