I've seen cases where extra buffer content gets added to the
downloaded file. The problem was fixed by deleting any existing
buffer before sending the file to the client. Not sure that will
solve the problem but it's worth a shot.
How does one delete an existing buffer? ob_end_flush();?
Larry E. Ullman wrote:
I've seen cases where extra buffer content gets added to the
downloaded file. The problem was fixed by deleting any existing
buffer before sending the file to the client. Not sure that will
solve the problem but it's worth a shot.
How does one delete an existing buffer?
I'm using this code to stream a PDF file:
$file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . /file.pdf;
simple_streamfile($file);
function simple_streamfile($file)
{
$fp = fopen($file, 'rb');
// send the right headers
header(Content-Type: application/pdf);
header(Content-Length: .
It appears as though some readers (such as adobe acrobat) can read
this file fine yet others (such as the program gv in *NIX) cannot read
it.
The reason for this is that somehow a hex 0A is added before the
inital %PDF-1.2 which marks the start of the PDF file causing some
readers to not
* Thus wrote Scott Taylor:
$fp = fopen($file, 'rb');
// send the right headers
header(Content-Type: application/pdf);
header(Content-Length: . filesize($file));
// dump the file and stop the script
fpassthru($fp);
...
The reason for this is that somehow a hex 0A is
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