Brad,
Thanks for that pointer.
However, with that implemented, all I get is the PDF coding dumped onto the
screen - no pdf file downloaded!
Any further suggestions. I feel as though I'm getting there . . . slowly.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad S. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "George Pitcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Accessing pdf file thru php
>
>
> You should call header() for each header line. And you should only send
one
> content type header.
>
> header("Content-type: application/pdf");
> header("Content-Disposition: inline;
filename=D:\\Pdf\\0226138097(57-77).pdf");
> header("Content-Length: $len");
>
>
> "George Pitcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to build php into an existing solution which uses Lasso.
>
> I have tested the passing of data from Lasso to php and that works fine.
>
> I want Lasso to pass the filename over to a php page and for that page to
> grab the file from a folder outside of the webroot and push it out to the
> user, at the same time as presenting them with a confirmation form so that
> downloading can be confirmed.
>
> I have tried the following code without any good results:
>
> <?php
> $filename="D:\\Pdf\\0226138097(57-77).pdf";
> $len = filesize($filename);
> $header="
> Content-type: application/pdf
> Content-type: application/x-octet-stream
> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=D:\\Pdf\\0226138097(57-77).pdf
> Content-Length: $len";
> header=($header);
> readfile($filename);
> ?>
>
> I get a parse error on the line that calls the header.
>
> Can anyone help me with this please?
>
> Regards
>
> George Pitcher
>
> Technical Manager
> HERON Project
> Napier University
> Edinburgh EH10 5DT
>
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