use CURL_FOLLOWLOCATION so that ur curl request correctly gets redirected to
downloading the right file.

2008/11/6 Jo Anonymous <jojoanon_at_gmail.com>

> Cheers for your replies..
>
>
> Have tried both methods with no luck.
>
> Thorben, tried your method but it also didn't work for me, the results
> said:
>
> there was no no filename in the headers... Failed writing body
>
> The problem I think is that the actual file itself does not exist on the
> server. It is just generated, so bascially all I need is a way to bypass the
> download prompt and have it somehow let me download without any user
> interaction.
>
> Will give it another go, any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Thorben Thuermer <
> t.thuermer_at_mediaclipping.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> this is actually scarily related to the unanswered question i signed up to
>> this
>> list for...
>>
>> proper solution without downloading the file twice:
>> (but also using global variables)
>>
>> <?
>> // these should really be stored inside the curl context
>> global $filename;
>> global $outfile;
>>
>> function header_cb($handle,$h){
>> global $filename;
>> if(preg_match("/^Content-Disposition:
>> .*filename\=([^\\n|\\r]+)[\\n\\r]/", $h, $m)){
>> $filename=$m[1];
>> echo "got filename: ".$filename."\n";
>> }
>> return strlen($h);
>> }
>>
>> function data_cb($handle,$d){
>> global $filename;
>> global $outfile;
>> if (!$outfile){
>> $status=curl_getinfo($handle,CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
>> if ($status != 200){
>> echo "bad http status\n";
>> return -1;
>> }
>> if ($filename == null){
>> echo "there was no no filename in the headers...\n";
>> return -1;
>> }
>> $outfile=fopen($filename,"w");
>> }
>> return fwrite($outfile,$d);
>> };
>>
>> // testcase urls found via google:
>> $handle=curl_init("
>> http://blog.ninedays.org/demo/direct-to-download-images-and-pdfs/download.image.php
>> ");
>> //$handle=curl_init("
>> http://blog.ninedays.org/demo/direct-to-download-images-and-pdfs/original.jpg
>> ");
>>
>> curl_setopt($handle,CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,"data_cb");
>> curl_setopt($handle,CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION,"header_cb");
>> $filename=null;
>> if (!curl_exec($handle)){
>> echo curl_error($handle)."\n";
>> }
>> if ($outfile) fclose($outfile);
>> curl_close($handle);
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> - Thorben
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:44:01 -0500
>> "Stephen Pynenburg" <spynenburg_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > There's probably a way to do it in one request, but I think you could
>> just
>> > as easily do this:
>> > <?PHP
>> > $ch = curl_init();
>> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "site/page.php");
>> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
>> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
>> > $res = curl_exec($ch);
>> > preg_match("/filename\=(.*)\\n/", $res, $matches);
>> > echo $matches[1]; //the filename
>> > ?>
>> >
>> > Then do another request with the filename gleaned from that request.
>> >
>> > -Stephen
>> >
>> > 2008/11/3 Jo Anonymous <jojoanon_at_gmail.com>
>> >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > I am trying to download a csv file which is generated from the url.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I can login to the website using curl succesfully but I can't download
>> the
>> > > file I want.
>> > >
>> > > The download url looks something like this:
>> > >
>> > > http://www.websitename.com/file.aspx?type=all&download=1
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The website has this line in the header:
>> > >
>> > > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=dada.csv");
>> > >
>> > > which brings up a download prompt.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I just want to download the csv file to my server without any prompts.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I've been trying for ages to figure this out, there must be a way.
>> > >
>> > > Many thanks in advance.
>> > >
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