pdf question

this is my code <?php $pdf = pdf_new(); pdf_open_file($pdf); pdf_begin_page($pdf, 595, 842); pdf_set_font($pdf, "Times-Roman", 30, "host"); pdf_set_value($pdf, "textrendering", 1); pdf_show_xy($pdf, "text here", 50, 750); pdf_end_page($pdf); pdf_close($pdf); $data = pdf_get_buffer($pdf); header("Content-type: application/pdf"); header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=test.pdf"); header("Content-length: " . strlen($data)); echo $data; ?> I can't save the pdf file on server cause webserver doesn't have write permission to the dir I normally wanted to be in but I just want to generate a pdf file and send it as attachement with email how can I do this by generating the pdf in memory