Okay so here's the situation.

Whenever I upload via the admin control panel, it will change the filename and change it to a random one that hasn't been used yet. This helps keep the site running smoothly with multiple admins.

Problem is, I get multiple emails a day of people saying the site is great but the random filenames are annoying.

I need to know of a fast and best possible way of changing the filename ON THE FLY, and supplying the user with the new filename.
So the user clicks download, it fetches "12345634hfd.zip" and then edits the filename to "Messenger.zip" and then they get the normal "are you sure you want to download this file - in firefox". Only way I can think of is fetching the file, saving it to another area and then changing the filename and then supplying the user with a new link - but this is slow and could cause errors if more than one person accessed at the same time.

I'm probs thinking too complicated for a simple thing, so maybe you could help me out

Thanks

mod_rewrite?

How would that work? I have over 300 programs + skins that need to change on the fly...

If you currently download it with PHP, e.g. content-disposition and not just a direct link:

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Messenger.zip"');

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=<whateverfilename>");

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"You have chosen to open <whateverfilename> which is a <whatever type> from <your website>. Open With, Save File"

I'll give you an idea of what I mean just before I try any of these methods (short on time, I have not alot of time to fiddle):

Say we go to:
http://www.touch-innovation.com/details-226-3/
And you go down, and click "Download" It will popup the box to save as and what not. How do I change it when they click there? (It goes via a download counter that edits the mysql db and then redirects to the file)

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Originally posted by Nathan
How would that work? I have over 300 programs + skins that need to change on the fly...

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Originally posted by Nathan
It will popup the box to save as and what not

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Meh thats because you have a shitty resolution, it works okay for 1024x768 and upwards.

I'm recoding + redesigning it for the next update anyway, for the time being you can put up with it

Static background is fine on my firefox


BTW: I didn't give a very good example, this would be a better example:

http://www.touch-innovation.com/details-229-10/

why not just make it go to a php file that has the random filename as a parameter then just do the header stuff to get it to download the file?

seems simple enough to me =\

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Originally posted by Nathan
Static background is fine on my firefox

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offtopic: scrolling is kinda laggy but its fine. The background has no issues.

SOMEONE FUCKING FIX MY WIZARD SO I CAN GET TO WORK ON TOUCH INNOVATION
* John Anderton runs back to studies for his on going exams

No, I want the background to stay in view at all time and not move and repeat... That's the desgin. Anyway were going off topic...

Help

EDIT: Thanks JA , yeah get it fixed whore

as eljay said:
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Messenger.zip"');
should do the trick(as i use it on my own download script)

I currently use a header to fetch the file.
Basically when you click download it goes to the download page, which then fetches the id, and searches the db and finds relative results. It then headers it to the file (after adding +1 to the download counter).

So I tried using the Content-Disposition, but it doesn't work properly .

code:

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header("Location: {$download}");

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code:

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header('Content-type: application/zip');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="download.zip"');
readfile($download);

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Yeah but not all of them are zip, this is the complication. It can be exe, cabs, zip, rars and the list goes on...

I tried that originally (what you posted dempsey).

Thanks though

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Originally posted by Nathan
Yeah but not all of them are zip, this is the complication. It can be exe, cabs, zip, rars and the list goes on...

I tried that originally (what you posted dempsey).

Thanks though

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I see, like explode() it to get the file extension, and then do it that way. Hmm I thought there would be an easier way

Ah well, looks like I'll be doing it like that. Unless anyone else wants to post a sollution?

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Originally posted by Nathan
I see, like explode() it to get the file extension

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How would that work? If I want to just get the file extension and add a totally different filename

I'm confusing myself now

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<?php
$file = "linktofile.ext"
$path = pathinfo($file);
$extension = $path['extension'];
$newfile = "NEWNAME.".$extension;

#then do the header code?
?>

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Originally posted by Nathan
Meh thats because you have a shitty resolution, it works okay for 1024x768 and upwards.

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Mine is 1440x900 and it's still a bit choppy.

Mines 1440x900 and it all depends on the gpu. My 8800gtx works fine with it.

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Originally posted by Nathan
Mines 1440x900 and it all depends on the gpu. My 8800gtx works fine with it.

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My intel gpu on this thing works fine with it as well

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Originally posted by Nathan
My intel gpu on this thing works fine with it as well

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Okay, lol, we're going off topic, I might update it.

In the mean time, I need help with the PHP

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Originally posted by hmaster

code:

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<?php
$file = "linktofile.ext"
$path = pathinfo($file);
$extension = $path['extension'];
$newfile = "NEWNAME.".$extension;

#then do the header code?
?>

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uh, does graphics card really matter when websites aren't accelerated anyway

So why does it work fine for some computers and not?

Anyway It's holidays now so I have no time lol - will wait till next week. But if you can post fixes I can quickly test them

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Originally posted by Nathan
So why does it work fine for some computers and not?

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Yeah, my mums old old laptop (90mhz cpu, 128mb of ram) runs it fine...

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Originally posted by Nathan
Yeah, my mums old old laptop (90mhz cpu, 128mb of ram) runs it fine...

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Originally posted by Spunky

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Originally posted by Nathan
Yeah, my mums old old laptop (90mhz cpu, 128mb of ram) runs it fine...

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As long as only you and her are the only ones that visit the site, you'll be OK then

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Pfft, I get plenty of visitors every day, especially for a site that I don't add content anymore. I have admins that add content. I just check the admin panel occasionally for emails and such.

I just need this fucking thing fixing

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Originally posted by Nathan
I just need this fucking thing fixing

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