Username & Password in URL (IE problem)

[1skydive]

Hi Folks,

I'm trying to download a cpanel daily backup by passing the username and password in the URL. It works perfectly in Firefox but I get a syntax error in IE. Someone told me IE doesn't support this anymore but this was the first time I had heard this.

This is my little script. Any suggestions to make this work appreciated. The file is in an htaccess password protected directory. The client wants to be able to download the file in IE without the use of FTP or actually logging into cpanel itself.

Thanks,
Rob.

<?php
$username = 'user';
$password = 'pass';
$domain = 'domain.com';
$filename = 'backup-'. $domain . '-' . date('n-j-Y') . '.tar.gz';

print '<a href="http://' . $username . ':' . $password . '@www.' . $domain . ':2082/getbackup/' . $filename . '">Daily Site Backup</a>';
?>

[stereofrog]

Hi Folks,

I'm trying to download a cpanel daily backup by passing the username and password in the URL. It works perfectly in Firefox but I get a syntax error in IE. Someone told me IE doesn't support this anymore but this was the first time I had heard this.

That's true.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...en-us%3b834489

[1skydive]

That's true.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...en-us%3b834489

Thanks for the clarification. So, is there a way to do what I'm trying to do? I was thinking of trying to use cURL but I'm not having much luck with the download part.

I know now why I don't IE anymore.