Download exe using header()

[afridy]

Hi,

can you please tel me how to use this
header(content type: Application/Force Download) to do a downlod. asume the exe file name is abc.exe

Thanks.

[Dan Grossman]

header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=abc.exe");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: " . @filesize('abc.exe')); 

set_time_limit(0); 
@readfile('abc.exe'); 

Some browsers don't like 'force download'. I'd use x-download or octet-stream.

[afridy]

Hai Dan,

Thanks a lot.

I have 2 small questions

set_time_limit(0);
@readfile('abc.exe');

1. Why a set time out has used here?
2. what is that '@' tell in php

[SecondV]

Hai Dan,

Thanks a lot.

I have 2 small questions

set_time_limit(0);
@readfile('abc.exe');

1. Why a set time out has used here?
2. what is that '@' tell in php

1.) Because .exe's can be very large (readfile() will read the file, then output it.. which can easily surpass php's maximum execution time
2.) @ will suppress errors.

[afridy]

Thanks SecondV

[SecondV]

No problem.