RE: [PHP] PDF POST, but refresh is GET

GET solved it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@php.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:44 PM > To: Matt Schroebel > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] PDF POST, but refresh is GET > > > Sounds like an IE bug to me. If it knows there is POST data > and it sends > a GET, it is just plain wrong. How about just using > GET-method vars in > the URL to bounce this stuff along, or even a cookie-based session. > > -Rasmus > > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Matt Schroebel wrote: > > > I have a page the will print a telephone listing in pdf > (using pdflib and inline pdf) by POSTing the requested > orientation and papersize to a second page. I've found that I > have to post to a second page because IE seems to cache a > response, and if I post to the same page, I can never get the > html to render again, as IE I suppose, is expecting PDF, and > I was sending html. > > > > Anyway, this 2 page method works fine, but if I hit refresh > on the window showing the PDF doc (like I do when change > fonts and want to see the change), the document reformats to > the default values I have for orientation and papersize. > > > > Now, IE pops up the window that says the data must be > resent, so IE knows to post it, but in sniffing, I see that > the request is now a GET, and there is no form data being sent. > > > > Experimenting around, I added some foreach statements at > the top and bottom of the page, submitted it from the first > page, and when I do that (and my headers aren't sent), I can > see the posted data, and the refresh stays as a POST. But, > it I take out the foreach, send the headers, and the pdf; > refresh becomes a GET, and I loose the users requested orientation. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >