Re: PHP quickie - readfile equiv

Hi folks.

I'm trying to write a script to read details from a SQL database, insert data into a file and download it to the user's browser. If I use the readfile function it works, but if I use get_file_contents and echo the file doesn't get downloaded properly. In both cases, Mozilla opens oowriter, but with readfile the document appears correctly, while with get_file_contents/echo it show the rich text code.

Anyone any ideas?

Gary

<? // vim: ft=php nowrap ai et include_once("gsql1.inc");

include_once("gsecurity.inc");

list($dummy,$o_id,$fname)=explode("/",$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);

$dets=array_shift(loadhash3("select o_id as key, * from order_details where o_id=$o_id"));

if (!$dets['o_id']) {
  echo "Order Details Missing";
  exit;
}
$contents=file_get_contents("/home/httpd/files/$fname");
if ($contents == false) {
  echo "Document Missing";
  exit;
}
header("Content-Type: text/rtf");
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="delivery_note.rtf"');
#readfile("/home/httpd/files/$fname");
echo $contents;

Readfile() is the correct way to do this. See manual (header()).

Lauri