Re: forcing pfds to download

Thanx, but I don't have a choice, The client uploads them as a pdf and I need to keep it simple for end users. Plus I'd still love to know how it's done. Peter wrote:

I know tis a pain in the butt to do .. but wouldn't it be easier if you wanted to force a down load to zip the file(s) first? that way making them down load the gipped file? -----Original Message----- From: Jason Wong [mailto:php-general@gremlins.com.hk] Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2002 1:42 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] forcing pfds to download On Tuesday 25 June 2002 23:58, Christian wrote:

Hi all, I'd like to be able for force all browsers to prompt to save a pdf file (not just display it) Can this be done?

Yes, but does not work with 100% of browsers. At least some versions of IE won't play ball and try to display your file regardless of what you tell it to do.

I'm sure there's some headers I can send to force the browser to treat the pdf file this way but I've searched without any luck.

Search archives. Probably for "force downloads".