Hello,
I'm having an IE problem with my work-in-progress website that I hope someone out there can help me
resolve.
First, how I designed things to work:
The URL (fake for the sake of this post) "http://www.exampleonly.com/dow...000&s=000&q=hi" is entered.
The page loads saying, "You should be automatically prompted to download the file. If the
download doesn't automatically begin, select here." ('here' being a link to 'download2.php').
A meta refresh kicks in after a second, redirecting to the following URL:
http://www.exampleonly.com/dow...000&s=000&q=hi
The file 'download2.php' sends out headers that prompt the visitor to save a Zip file.
Note that key/value pairs after the '?' in the URLs are simply variables to be forwarded to
'download2.php' to determine which Zip file to download.
What's now happening:
In the Firefox browser, everything works fine.
In IE6, 'download.php' loads, the meta refresh kicks in, but then I get a "File Download" dialog
box that says:
-- Dialog Box --
Getting file information:
...=00000000000000000&s=000&q=hi from www.exampleonly.com
Estimated time left
Download to:
Transfer rate:
-- End Dialog Box --
After a minute, an error message appears:
-- Error Message --
Internet Explorer cannot download ...=00000000000000000&s=000&q=hi from www.exampleonly.com
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site...
-- End Error Message --
What's strange is if I select the "here" link on 'download.php' (which uses the exact same URL
as the meta refresh -- verified in 'view source'), IE works great and simply prompts the visitor
to save the Zip file.
In other words, the meta refresh causes a problem, but manually selecting the "here" link works
perfectly. Why is this?
I tried various Google searches and no one seems to have ever experienced this problem.
I'm dying to get my new website up and running, but this issue needs to be resolved first.
Any help is most appreciated!
Sincere thanks in advance,
- ph0ed1n
I'm having an IE problem with my work-in-progress website that I hope someone out there can help me
resolve.
First, how I designed things to work:
The URL (fake for the sake of this post) "http://www.exampleonly.com/dow...000&s=000&q=hi" is entered.
The page loads saying, "You should be automatically prompted to download the file. If the
download doesn't automatically begin, select here." ('here' being a link to 'download2.php').
A meta refresh kicks in after a second, redirecting to the following URL:
http://www.exampleonly.com/dow...000&s=000&q=hi
The file 'download2.php' sends out headers that prompt the visitor to save a Zip file.
Note that key/value pairs after the '?' in the URLs are simply variables to be forwarded to
'download2.php' to determine which Zip file to download.
What's now happening:
In the Firefox browser, everything works fine.
In IE6, 'download.php' loads, the meta refresh kicks in, but then I get a "File Download" dialog
box that says:
-- Dialog Box --
Getting file information:
...=00000000000000000&s=000&q=hi from www.exampleonly.com
Estimated time left
Download to:
Transfer rate:
-- End Dialog Box --
After a minute, an error message appears:
-- Error Message --
Internet Explorer cannot download ...=00000000000000000&s=000&q=hi from www.exampleonly.com
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site...
-- End Error Message --
What's strange is if I select the "here" link on 'download.php' (which uses the exact same URL
as the meta refresh -- verified in 'view source'), IE works great and simply prompts the visitor
to save the Zip file.
In other words, the meta refresh causes a problem, but manually selecting the "here" link works
perfectly. Why is this?
I tried various Google searches and no one seems to have ever experienced this problem.
I'm dying to get my new website up and running, but this issue needs to be resolved first.
Any help is most appreciated!
Sincere thanks in advance,
- ph0ed1n
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