[PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-14 Thread Scott Fletcher
Well, now, I get an unknown file type. I have already specified the application type. This was yesterday. Today, I get the file type as 'Acrobat Control for Active X'. That doesn't look right... Oh well... Will have to play around and see what can I do to make it work better. A couple of

Re: [PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-14 Thread Chris Hayes
It might help to have a peek at how the php Pdf libraries are doing this (www.php.net/pdflib, fpdf.org, www.ros.co.nz/pdf) . There are a lot of things to worry about with pdf, not the least the fact that older acrobat readers will give plenty of errors when the page is not send fast enough

Re: [PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-14 Thread Scott Fletcher
I'm using the library from www.fpdf.org. I currently using the method on storing the file to the server because of two features. One so I can have php script to use the email to pick up the file and send it to my boss. Two, an optional option to view the billing invoice. I am beginning to think

Re: [PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-14 Thread Scott Fletcher
Aw, scratch that HTML conversion to PDF feature. It require an installation of a couple of other stuffs. I'm going to stick back to fpdf library for now. Scott Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm using the library from www.fpdf.org. I currently using the

[PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-13 Thread Kevin Stone
Forget the content length and disposition headers. Just set the content type then output the file.. header(Content-type: application/pdf); readfile(junk.pdf); - Kevin Scott Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to be having problem with sending the PDF

[PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-13 Thread Scott Fletcher
I can't do readfile() because of lots of bug in IE (Internet Explorer) Kevin Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Forget the content length and disposition headers. Just set the content type then output the file.. header(Content-type: application/pdf);

[PHP] Re: header() function for displaying an opened PDF document.

2003-10-13 Thread Kevin Stone
I'm sorry but it can't be done. You cannot output a file without printing it to the output buffer. You cannot print a file to the output buffer without opening the file into memory. You cannot open a file into memory without using a function like fopen() or readfile(). It's as simple as