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Post January 23rd, 2007, 1:27 pm

I'm getting this:

" header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=trigger--januarys_blue[jan_07].mp3'); header('Content-type: audio/mp3'); download file "

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Post January 23rd, 2007, 1:27 pm

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Post January 23rd, 2007, 11:23 pm

did u use the head tag?
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<html>
 <head>
   header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.jpg');
   header('Content-type: audio/mp3');
 </head>
<body>
  <a href="trigger--januarys_blue[jan_07].mp3">download file</a>
</body>
</html>
  1. <html>
  2.  <head>
  3.    header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.jpg');
  4.    header('Content-type: audio/mp3');
  5.  </head>
  6. <body>
  7.   <a href="trigger--januarys_blue[jan_07].mp3">download file</a>
  8. </body>
  9. </html>

for this u should only have: download file
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Post April 20th, 2007, 5:24 pm

By the way, you can also use the Flash "FileReference.download" method to download files, and you don't need any PHP. It's pretty slick:

public download(url:String, [defaultFileName:String]) : Boolean

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import flash.net.FileReference;

var listener:Object = new Object();

listener.onSelect = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  trace("onSelect: " + file.name);
}

listener.onCancel = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  trace("onCancel");
}

listener.onOpen = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  trace("onOpen: " + file.name);
}

listener.onProgress = function(file:FileReference, bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number):Void {
  trace("onProgress with bytesLoaded: " + bytesLoaded + " bytesTotal: " + bytesTotal);
}

listener.onComplete = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  trace("onComplete: " + file.name);
}

listener.onIOError = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  trace("onIOError: " + file.name);
}

var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference();
fileRef.addListener(listener);
var url:String = "http://www.macromedia.com/platform/whitepapers/platform_overview.pdf";
if(!fileRef.download(url, "FlashPlatform.pdf")) {
  trace("dialog box failed to open.");
}
  1. import flash.net.FileReference;
  3. var listener:Object = new Object();
  5. listener.onSelect = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  6.   trace("onSelect: " + file.name);
  7. }
  9. listener.onCancel = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  10.   trace("onCancel");
  11. }
  13. listener.onOpen = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  14.   trace("onOpen: " + file.name);
  15. }
  17. listener.onProgress = function(file:FileReference, bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number):Void {
  18.   trace("onProgress with bytesLoaded: " + bytesLoaded + " bytesTotal: " + bytesTotal);
  19. }
  21. listener.onComplete = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  22.   trace("onComplete: " + file.name);
  23. }
  25. listener.onIOError = function(file:FileReference):Void {
  26.   trace("onIOError: " + file.name);
  27. }
  29. var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference();
  30. fileRef.addListener(listener);
  31. var url:String = "http://www.macromedia.com/platform/whitepapers/platform_overview.pdf";
  32. if(!fileRef.download(url, "FlashPlatform.pdf")) {
  33.   trace("dialog box failed to open.");
  34. }

For more info on the download method, look up the FileReference class and look at the download method.

One thing to bear in mind: the url MUST be a http or https request.

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Post September 10th, 2007, 10:53 pm

IceCold wrote:
create a html page with this code inside it, place it on the server and see if it downloads it when u press the link:
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<html>
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.jpg');
header('Content-type: audio/mp3');
<body>
  <a href="trigger--januarys_blue[jan_07].mp3">download file</a>
</body>
</html>
  1. <html>
  2. header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.jpg');
  3. header('Content-type: audio/mp3');
  4. <body>
  5.   <a href="trigger--januarys_blue[jan_07].mp3">download file</a>
  6. </body>
  7. </html>

But, if you want dynamic links ... you will need a server side script.


What happens with the header code if you have more than one file you want to allow people to download, say 40 or so?

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