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July 17th, 2007, 10:43 PM

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WML - PHP script isn't working, is their an alternative?

I am creating a ringtone website and I designed it so that the user can browse all my ringtones through his/her mobile phone, and once he/she clicks on a ringtone he wants, it will automatically download. The PHP script works fine on my computer, but when trying this on my phone, I get an error message.
Heres my script:

this page is called download.php

Code:

<?php

$saveName = stripslashes($_GET["name"]);
$savePath = stripslashes($_GET["path"]);

header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$saveName");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");

header("Content-length: " . filesize($savePath));

readfile($savePath);

?>

Anf on the actual wap site I use this link to download the ringtones:

Code:

<a href="download.php?name=ringtone.qcp&path=/qcp/ringtone.qcp">Download Ringtone</a>

Why wont this work on a phone?

and if it is not possible for this to work on a phone, is their an alternative way to have my users download a ringtone?

July 17th, 2007, 10:59 PM

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Hi Northern Flame, welcome to Dev Shed.

Please take a look at the FAQs on please read ... and then try to explain what "doesn't work" actually means

You say you have an error message - what error's do you get?
What phone are your trying to use? Got a working link?

doesn't work

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"not working" is defined as your server being reduced to a slab of molten metal and plastic. If that's not the case in your situation, then be more descriptive.

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July 17th, 2007, 11:01 PM

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Hello Northern Flame, and welcome to Dev Shed!

Quote:

I get an error message.

What is the error message?

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July 18th, 2007, 12:12 AM

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Sorry about that,
the message I get is "Content Type Not Recognized"
and when I tried linking directly to the ringtone

Code:

<a href="/qcp/ringtone.qcp">Ringtone Name</a>

I get an "500 Internal Server Error"

The phone I use is a Motorola and my service provider is Metro PCS, I know that my phone accepts QCP ringtones because I have used a free service before to send my ringtones to my phone, I believe it was called "Mobilatory Send To Phone".
And, when I record something through my phone it saves as QCP (PureVoice File)

July 18th, 2007, 12:24 AM

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Does your server understand what that file type is?

If you are on an Apache host,
you should (provided you have correct permissions) be able to add the following
into .htaccess file in your root directory.

apache Code:

Original - apache Code
AddType audio/vnd.qcelp .qcp

AddType audio/vnd.qcelp .qcp

Better still to add to your actual httpd.conf file,
but if you are on shared hosting you probably won't be able to.

Let us know if this helps.

See this article, should help you out a bit.
Contains links to useful resource site too.

Last edited by jabba_29 : July 18th, 2007 at 12:26 AM. Reason: added link

July 18th, 2007, 12:34 AM

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I am on a shared host,
but so far my host company has
been able to add anything
I request, So I will ask about this,
thanks for the help and I will
reply if this works

July 18th, 2007, 01:08 AM

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wooo hoooo!!!!!
it worked!
well, now I can view the QCP file,
how do I make it downloadable to a mobile phone?

July 18th, 2007, 01:37 AM

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Have you tried application/force-download instead of
application/octet-stream?

July 18th, 2007, 08:02 PM

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um....
I dont know what that is lol,
can you explain please?

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In your header() function:

PHP Code:


		
			
 header("Content-Type: application/force-download");

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July 18th, 2007, 09:47 PM

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oh lol,
where do i place this?

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July 18th, 2007, 09:51 PM

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