bsprogs Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 As the title says, I'm trying to download a rar file when a button is clicked. So far Images, Videos, and Zip files download successfully. Here are the mime types I've tried using application/force-download application/x-download application/octet-stream application/x-rar-compressed application/x-rar application/x-compressed application/rar None have worked. The mime type that I got from PHP for the file when I uploaded it was "application/x-rar-compressed" but that didn't do a thing :-/ I'll click the download button, it'll ask me to save the file and the download is done instantly. 0kb in size. Please help Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/57527-solved-trying-to-download-a-rar-file-via-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
redarrow Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 <?php $filename = $_GET['file']; // required for IE, otherwise Content-disposition is ignored if(ini_get('zlib.output_compression')) ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 'Off'); // addition by Jorg Weske $file_extension = strtolower(substr(strrchr($filename,"."),1)); if( $filename == "" ) { echo "<html><title>eLouai's Download Script</title><body>ERROR: download file NOT SPECIFIED. USE force-download.php?file=filepath</body></html>"; exit; } elseif ( ! file_exists( $filename ) ) { echo "<html><title>eLouai's Download Script</title><body>ERROR: File not found. USE force-download.php?file=filepath</body></html>"; exit; }; switch( $file_extension ) { case "pdf": $ctype="application/pdf"; break; case "exe": $ctype="application/octet-stream"; break; case "zip": $ctype="application/zip"; break; case "doc": $ctype="application/msword"; break; case "xls": $ctype="application/vnd.ms-excel"; break; case "ppt": $ctype="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"; break; case "gif": $ctype="image/gif"; break; case "png": $ctype="image/png"; break; case "jpeg": case "jpg": $ctype="image/jpg"; break; default: $ctype="application/force-download"; } header("Pragma: public"); // required header("Expires: 0"); header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); header("Cache-Control: private",false); // required for certain browsers header("Content-Type: $ctype"); // change, added quotes to allow spaces in filenames, by Rajkumar Singh header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".basename($filename)."\";" ); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); header("Content-Length: ".filesize($filename)); readfile("$filename"); exit(); ?> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/57527-solved-trying-to-download-a-rar-file-via-php/#findComment-284676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsprogs Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Ok, I solved my own issue. I had to change ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); to ob_start(); in order to get it to work. But it works. Here is a reference to anyone else that ever has this problem! application/x-rar-compressed worked (Source: http://www.webmasterworld.com/php/3021609.htm) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/57527-solved-trying-to-download-a-rar-file-via-php/#findComment-284677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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