[resolved] ignore mime types

[squirrelly1]

how can I have my php script just send a file to be downloaded, ignoring the mime type (i suppose)

i'm trying to setup my server to allow people to download an mp3 (it's totally legal... btw) and the browser tries to play the mp3 instead of allowing it to be saved...


here is the code

<?php
  function DownloadFile($file)
    {
      define('FILEDIR', '/music/'); 
      $path = FILEDIR . $file; 
  
      //check that this file exists and that it doesn't include 
      //any special characters 
      if(!is_file($path) OR !eregi('^[A-Z_0-9][A-Z_0-9.]*$', $file)) 
      { 
          print "Requested Path: $path<br>";
          print "Is a File: " . is_file($path) . "<br>";
          print "Is Valid: " . eregi('^[A-Z_0-9][A-Z_0-9.]*$', $file) . "<br>";
          exit(); 
      } 
  
      /* 
      ** //check that the user has permission to download file 
      ** if(user does not have permission) 
      ** { 
      **     //redirect to error page 
      **     header("Location: error.php"); 
      **     exit(); 
      ** } 
      */ 
  
      $mimetype = array( 
          'doc'=>'application/msword', 
          'htm'=>'text/html', 
          'html'=>'text/html', 
          'jpg'=>'image/jpeg', 
          'pdf'=>'application/pdf', 
          'txt'=>'text/plain', 
          'xls'=>'application/vnd.ms-excel',
          'mp3'=>'audio/mpeg'
          ); 
  
      $p = explode('.', $file); 
      $pc = count($p); 
  
      //send headers 
      if(($pc > 1) AND isset($mimetype[$p[$pc - 1]])) 
      { 
          //display file inside browser 
          header("Content-type: " . $mimetype[$p[$pc - 1]] . "\n"); 
      } 
      else 
      { 
          //force download dialog 
          header("Content-type: application/octet-stream\n"); 
          header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$file\"\n"); 
      } 
      header("Content-transfer-encoding: binary\n"); 
      header("Content-length: " . filesize($path) . "\n"); 
  
      //send file contents 
      $fp=fopen($path, "r"); 
      fpassthru($fp); 
    }
?>

thanks,

squirrelly1

[visualAd]

You just need to send an extra header to force it to download:

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="nameoffile.ext"'); 

[squirrelly1]

Yes... I had that

          //force download dialog 
          header("Content-type: application/octet-stream\n"); 
          header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$file\"\n"); 

but what I didn't have taken care of was the default player wanting to start up inside of the browser (quicktime pluggin)

so I needed to have another mime type in there for the audio files that was something like this

application/force-download

so that the browser wouldn't try to play it automatically...


Thanks,

squirrelly1

[visualAd]

If I am not wrong you have the '.mp3' file extension in your array. Therefore it will play in the browser. To have it download simply remove the mp3 extension from your array.

[CornedBee]

By the way, "readfile" is probably faster than "fopen+fpassthru".

[squirrelly1]

I got it fixed with the thing I posted last time...

When I removed the .mp3 from the array, it would still include the file as part of the webpage and would have me download the whole thing (to include the html), which of course wouldn't work.

Thanks,

Squirrelly1