download mp3 instead of playing in browser by default?

Question

I have a site where users can stream my music from a flash player or download the individual songs (as mp3s). Right now if you click on the download links, they just play i

Answer 1

You will need to add this HTTP header to your response to make the browser force a download:

Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=your_filename.mp3

For example, if you're using PHP on the server side, you can create a script that sends the above header followed by the actual file contents:

$path = $_GET['path'];
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . basename($path));
readfile($path);

If you call this script download.php, then linking to download.php?path=/path/to/your/file.mp3 will make the browser pop-up a download dialog for file.mp3.