Dear Monks
Strictly not a perl question but I believe you might spare a nugget of knowledge:

I would like to copy the method of downloading from a site I came across.
The two HTML links point to the same file -one plays in page whereas the other has .php appended - resulting in forced download.
Tips on how I should get php to accomplish this much appreciated.
regards Mark 
<p>Product specialist, Bob shows you how.</p>

<p class="RelatedLinks">Play - <a href="/products/mocha_for_After_Effe
+cts/Mocha_image_stabilization.mp4">High res.</a>(164.70 Mb)&nbsp;</p>

<p class="RelatedLinks">Download - <a href="/products/movies/Mocha_ima
+ge_stabilization.mp4.php">High res.</a>(164.70 Mb)&nbsp;</p>

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