[SOLVED] file download using php

[maxelct]

Dear All

 

I want users to be able to download a file. Its all working. When the user clicks the link the windows "File download" box pops up asking if the user wants to save/open etc.

 

Press save and the file will save. However, the estimated time left says "Not known 1.4Mb downloaded" etc.

 

How do I get it to show the estimated time left - i guess its something to do with fetching the actual file size from the server???

 

Here is the code that I have been using so far.

 

thanks in advance

 

Edward

 

$file_name= $_GET['name'];


header ("Content-Type:audio/mpeg");
header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file_name");

readfile($file_name);

 

[heckenschutze]

You have to specify how many bytes follow, ie, "Content-Length:" (google it)

 

And put the  length of the file (in bytes), since the data is piped in a stream the browser has no idea when it will stop or how many bytes follow.

[phat_hip_prog]

header( 'Content-Length: '.filesize($fn) );

[heckenschutze]

Ya

[maxelct]

thanks all - worked first time!