[SOLVED] i no this is a common question

[jeppers]

i am still a newbee and i have designed a form to download files. the only problem is that the header information in set in an else statement.  i am not sure how to change this and call upon the header information from the top of the page. could you help

 

<?php # Script 12.10 - download_file.php

// This pages handles file downloads through headers.

// Check for an upload_id.
if (isset($_GET['uid'])) {
$uid = (int) $_GET['uid'];
} else { // Big problem!
$uid = 0;
}

if ($uid > 0) { // Do not proceed!

require_once ('includes/mysql_connect.php'); // Connect to the database.

// Get the information for this file.
$query = "SELECT file_name, file_type, file_size FROM uploads WHERE upload_id=$uid";
$result = mysql_query ($query);
list ($fn, $ft, $fs) = mysql_fetch_array ($result, MYSQL_NUM);
mysql_close(); // Close the database connection.

// Determine the file name on the server.
$the_file = 'uploads/' . $uid;

// Check if it exists.
if (file_exists ($the_file)) {

	// Send the file.
	header ("Content-Type: $ft\n");
	header ("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$fn\"\n");
	header ("Content-Length: $fs\n");
	readfile ($the_file);

} else { // File doesn't exist.
	$page_title = 'File Download';
	include ('includes/header.php');
	echo '<p><font color="red">The file could not be located on the server. We apologize for any inconvenience.</font></p>'; 
	include ('includes/footer.php');
}

} else { // No valid upload ID.
$page_title = 'File Download';
include ('includes/header.php');
echo '<p><font color="red">Please select a valid file to download.</font></p>'; 
include ('includes/footer.php');
}
?>