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I am having a problem creating a simple ftp download for users. For some files it works, and for others I get a long pause.
The final goal is to have a form button, when clicked, behind the scenes it logs into ftp, and gets the file. I then pops up a download box (the standard save as.. box)
I need the user to not know what the path is, and I want to not allow anonomous FTP. Is there an easier way to achieve this?
Ok so on an HTML page I have a button (in form tags) that uses method="post" and the action calls the PHP page (code below).
Here is the code:
<?php
// Set time limit to infinite
set_time_limit(0);
// Define server and target directory
$ftpServer = 'new.principiaproducts.com';
$targetDir = 'classic/';
$fileName = 'rcotour.exe';
$mimeType = 'application/exe';
if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE 5') or
strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Opera 7')) {
$mimeType = 'application/x-download';
}
// Connect to server
if (!$fp = ftp_connect($ftpServer, 21, 30)) {
die('Connection Failed');
}
// Login
if (!ftp_login($fp, 'demo', 'password')) {
die('Login failed');
}
// Change directory
if (!ftp_chdir($fp, $targetDir)) {
die ('Unable to change directory to: ' . $targetDir);
}
// Tell the browser its a file for downloading
header('content-disposition: attachment; filename=' . $fileName);
header('content-type: ' . $mimeType);
header('content-length: ' . filesize($fileName));
//Display the file
readfile($fileName);
?>
Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
