downloading problems

[grejon04]

I've revised a test piece of code to narrow out some other variables.

This downloads a .doc file that is filled with gibberish, the text somewhere in the middle of it. Word asks me which encoding method I'm using. I tried turning SSL off and that did nothing.

 

MacOSX Apache server, php 5.2. something.

 

Any ideas on what could be messing up my file? I know they're ok on the server.

<?php

require_once 'includes/securitycheck.inc';
require_once 'includes/dbconnect.inc';
require_once "includes/manuscript_functions.inc";
require_once "includes/functions.inc";

	$title = "testdocument";

	//header('Vary: User-Agent'); Do I need this? Does Apace add a header of some sort?

	header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
	header("Pragma: public");
	header("Expires: 0");
	header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");

	header('Content-Type: application/msword');//I tried force-download here, and it did nothing		
	   	
	header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
	header('Content-Length: ' . filesize("/u/staff/jrme/jrme_files/manuscripts/07322o.doc"));

	header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $title . ".doc");//maybe a different disposition?

readfile("/u/staff/jrme/jrme_files/manuscripts/07322o.doc");

exit();
?>

[lemmin]

I would try using fopen, fread, and fwrite. The documentation on php.net doesn't state whether or not readfile() is binary safe or not. I know that you can use fopen in a binary safe mode by including "b" in your mode string.