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?
> 
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