GET solved it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:44 PM
> To: Matt Schroebel
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] PDF POST, but refresh is GET
> 
> 
> Sounds like an IE bug to me.  If it knows there is POST data 
> and it sends
> a GET, it is just plain wrong.  How about just using 
> GET-method vars in
> the URL to bounce this stuff along, or even a cookie-based session.
> 
> -Rasmus
> 
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Matt Schroebel wrote:
> 
> > I have a page the will print a telephone listing in pdf 
> (using pdflib and inline pdf) by POSTing the requested 
> orientation and papersize to a second page. I've found that I 
> have to post to a second page because IE seems to cache a 
> response, and if I post to the same page, I can never get the 
> html to render again, as IE I suppose, is expecting PDF, and 
> I was sending html.
> >
> > Anyway, this 2 page method works fine, but if I hit refresh 
> on the window showing the PDF doc (like I do when change 
> fonts and want to see the change), the document reformats to 
> the default values I have for orientation and papersize.
> >
> > Now, IE pops up the window that says the data must be 
> resent, so IE knows to post it, but in sniffing, I see that 
> the request is now a GET, and there is no form data being sent.
> >
> > Experimenting around, I added some foreach statements at 
> the top and bottom of the page, submitted it from the first 
> page, and when I do that (and my headers aren't sent), I can 
> see the posted data, and the refresh stays as a POST.  But, 
> it I take out the foreach, send the headers, and the pdf; 
> refresh becomes a GET, and I loose the users requested orientation.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
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