Hi,
Just try by removing the below line from the header
header( "Content -Disposition: attachment; name=$filename" );
Thangadurai.
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Da-Omiete Iboroma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Thanks Martin, I included header("Content-disposition: inline;
> filename=$filename"); but it did not make any difference.
>
> Thanks anyway
>
> Damelinks
>
> On 10/20/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > As far as I know, it is the browser that decides what to do with a
> > file.
> > You can do the following:
> > header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=$filename");
> > ... but that is no guarantee that the browser will have a acrobat-
> > plugin installed.
> >
> > /Martin
> >
> >
> > On Oct 20, 3:41 pm, "Da-Omiete Iboroma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Please I am having problem downloading pdf (Acrobat reader) files that
> >> I uploaded in mysql database.
> >>
> >> The file downloads but it does not embed the pdf file in the browser.
> >>
> >> Instead, it opens the pdf file and make the current page blank
> >>
> >> Below is the file download code. Pls help me
> >>
> >> <?php
> >> $db_name = "database_name";
> >> $table_name = "books_table";
> >> $connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or
> >> die("couldn't connect.");
> >> $db = mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("couldn't select.");
> >>
> >> $chk_file = "
> >>
> >> SELECT file_browse
> >> FROM $table_name
> >> WHERE book_isbn = \"$_GET[book_isbn]\"
> >> ";
> >> $chk_file_res = mysql_query($chk_file,$connection) or
> >> die("couldn't connect.");
> >>
> >> $chk_file_num = mysql_num_rows($chk_file_res);
> >> if ($chk_file_num == "0")
> >> {
> >> header("Location:http://www.url.com/books/books.php
> ");
> >> exit;
> >> }
> >> else
> >> {
> >> $sql = "
> >> SELECT name, type, size, file_browse
> >> FROM $table_name
> >> WHERE book_isbn = \"$_GET[book_isbn]\"
> >> ";
> >> $query = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die("couldn't
> >> connect.");
> >> $filename = mysql_result( $query, 0, 0 );
> >> $filetype = mysql_result( $query, 0, 1 );
> >> $filesize = mysql_result( $query, 0, 2 );
> >> $file_browse = mysql_result( $query, 0, 3 );
> >> header( "Content -type: $filetype" );
> >> header( "Content -length: $filesize" );
> >> header( "Content -Disposition: attachment; name=$filename" );
> >> header( "Content -Description: From Crawford University Library"
> >> );
> >> echo $file_browse;
> >> }
> >>
> >> ?>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Damelinks
> > >
> >
>
> >
>
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