I have a captivate file that I exported as an exe file for
pc. It works fine when I download it from the server using the
direct URL to the file but I don;t want people to actually see
where it is located so I have a used a force-download php script.
When I download it by way of the script... it downloads, but the
file won't play. All I get is a DOS window pop up and then goes
away. Same file...any ideas?
The php file I'm using to force the download is below...
<?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>Download
Error</title><body>ERROR: download file NOT SPECIFIED.
USE force-download.php?file=filepath</body></html>";
exit;
} elseif ( ! file_exists( $filename ) )
{
echo "<html><title>Download
Error</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/x-compressed"; break;
case "swf": $ctype="application/x-shockwave-flash"; 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();
?>