What are common issues with download scripts in PHP when using Internet Explorer?

Common issues with download scripts in PHP when using Internet Explorer include the browser not properly handling file downloads or displaying them correctly. To solve this issue, you can set the appropriate headers in the PHP script to ensure that the file is downloaded correctly by Internet Explorer. 

<?php
$file = 'example.pdf';
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file) . '"');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
exit;
?>

Keywords

Internet Explorer download scripts PHP header content-disposition

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