Download file

[glenelkins]

[code]
function downloadFile($thefile) {
    header ("Pragma: public");
    header ("Expires: 0");
    header ("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
    header ("Cache-Control: public");
    header ("Content-Description: File Transfer");
    header ("Content-Length: ".filesize($thefile));
    header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$thefile);
    header ("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
    
    $fopen = fopen($thefile);
    fpassthru($fopen);
    fclose ($fopen);
}
[/code]

Ok why when the file download box comes up with the correct file path passed to the function, does it download the file but it wont open images etc, and text documents come up with a load of rubbish or they display some of the code from the download page.

[schme16]

<?php
  header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');
  readfile($filename);
  exit;
?>