[GLLUG] [OT]PHP Coding Question

[Brad Fears]

You could always include a header when you generate the vcf file that
forces to browser to prompt for download.

Just include these header lines in your generated text:

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.vcf");

--Brad Fears

Mike Szumlinski said:
> I can't quite figure out how to do this...but right now I have a script
> that generates a vCard file, which is basically just a text file with a
> .vcf extension.  I've unfortunately found that trying to link to this
> generated file makes the lines of text from the file appear in the
> browser rather than prompt for a download location or whatever (open
> with, save as...etc).  I think it is something to do with the encoding,
> but I have no clue how to get around this.  To give you an example of
> what I'm talking about, point your browser to
> http://britney.spartansummit.com/vcards/test.vcf and see what
> happens...I would rather this link prompt for download or open with,
> but I dunno how to do it server side. Thanks
>
> -Mike
>
>
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