hi.. thnx a bunch... yet to try it out ..but hv 1 more question... the content type is gonna vary...PDF/image/excel file etc.. I can send the the content type dyanmically right?? as i hv a field in my db with content types.. thnx... sands
-----Original Message----- From: Olivier Hubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: quinta-feira, 21 de Fevereiro de 2002 18:48 To: Sandeep Murphy; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] local drive Ok, I'll assume the file that you want to send is an image and that the image is in a variable named $Image. As Svensson mentionned, you need to send out the headers first: header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Fubar.txt"); header ("Content-Type: image/jpeg"); if you have the size of the image/file, you can always send it with the Content-Length header (e.g. header ("Content-Length: 12345");) After sending the headers you simply send the data with an echo: echo $Image; and you're done. Let's say you put all this code in a file called LoadImage.php; when the user calls the script (through a form or link) the file is sent automatically. HTH Olivier At 18:12 2002-02-21 +0000, Sandeep Murphy wrote: please, wud be grateful..:) sands -----Original Message----- From: Olivier Hubert [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: quinta-feira, 21 de Fevereiro de 2002 17:39 To: Sandeep Murphy; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] local drive Hi, Do you know the mime type of the document? If so, you could simply send the file through HTTP e.g. when the user presses the button, instead of accessing a web he/she accesses a script that will send the information contained in the database field. If you like I could send you sample code to do this. HTH Olivier At 17:21 2002-02-21 +0000, Sandeep Murphy wrote: >hi, > >I have a document (BLOB type) in a database which I hv retrieved thru an sql >query... > >I need to allow the user to save this document to his local hard drive upon >clicking a button... > >any ideas as to how I can achieve this??? > >TIA, > >sands Olivier Hubert Chef d'équipe informatique/IT Team leader Groupe Constructo (514) 856-6646 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.constructo.ca <http://www.constructo.ca/>
