The builtin browser of my ebook-reader (Sony PRS-T1) somehow doesn't like to download .epub files.
Normally it opens .epub files as if they were text-files.
With this php-download-script I managed to force the browser to download files I store on my server:
<?php
$path = $_GET['path'];
$mimeType = $_GET['mimeType'];
if(!file_exists($path)) {
// File doesn't exist, output error
die('file not found');
} else {
$size = filesize($path);
$file = basename($path);
// Set headers
header("Pragma: public"); // required
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private",false); // required for certain browsers
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$file\"");
header("Content-Type: $mimeType");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: $size");
// Read the file from disk
readfile($path);
}
exit();
?>
Now, the PRS-T1 would download the file but for some reason I don't understand it will change the file extension from .epub to .htm - this is weird.
But it seems like there is a way to do it right: when I download a .epub file from readbeam.com it works just like expected (I found this hint at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163466).
What is it, that makes the difference betweeen their configuration and mine?
Here's what I found out using firebug:
