[SOLVED] outputting download without screen output

[P3t3r]

Hi,

 

I have a rather large string (say 150kb), and I'm using

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pen.tex"');
die($mystring);

to make the user download it as a file.

 

The only disadvantage is that the whole text gets displayed. Is there a way to workaround this? I.e. not using die() or echo() probably? I know it's possible with readfile(), but that's not an option as the script has no write access to the file system, so it cannot generate a file.

 

thanks!

Peter

[flyhoney]

Have you tried the example here: http://us2.php.net/readfile with die() instead of readfile() ?

[P3t3r]

header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pen.tex"');
die($string);

 

Works like a charm, thanks!