More terming suggests that this is a Windows issue, not IE. In encountering thus same thing with Firefox and Safari on Windows.
On Feb 12, 2011, at 19:11, Wade Preston Shearer <[email protected]> wrote: > Right. > > Here's an example of the idea (not my code, but it's the same concept): > > $gotten = @mysql_query("select * from pdf order by pid desc limit 1"); > $row = @mysql_fetch_assoc($gotten); > $bytes = $row[imgdata]; > header("Content-type: application/pdf"); > header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="thing.pdf"'); > print $bytes; > > > This works in all browsers but IE. > > > On Feb 12, 2011, at 05:14 PM, Sean Thayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.php.net/header > > // We'll be outputting a PDF > header('Content-type: application/pdf'); > > // It will be called downloaded.pdf > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"'); > > - Sean > > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a server that is dynamically generating a PDF as a string of bytes. > Initiating a download and sending the bytes out to the buffer works in all > browsers except IE (of course). In IE, the file cannot be read because it's > corrupted. My experience with downloading files via a script is that it's a > delicate science, but I was able to construct a script a few years ago that > has the right combination of headers and server settings such that it works > in all browsers. This is the first time I have tried to provide a file > download for a file that is generated though (opposed to existing in the file > system). Any tips on how to get this to work in IE? > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
