RE: [PHP] Getting gibberish, sometimes, in PDF output

Content-length must be right for IE. Check what David said about outputing something accidently, thus messing up the content length. I use ob_start(), ob_get_length(), and ob_end_flush(), but your code should work fine. Maybe you could start ob just to see if the pdf_get_buffer() value matches the ob_get_length() value? > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah Gray [mailto:sarah@fabled.net] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:16 PM > To: PHP > Subject: Re: [PHP] Getting gibberish, sometimes, in PDF output > > > My file outputs in NS4.79 but not IE6 (although it used to > work in IE no > problem. not sure why it stopped). These are my last lines of code: > > pdf_close($p); > $buf = pdf_get_buffer($p); > $len = strlen($buf); > $filename = "Certificate.pdf"; > header("Content-type: application/pdf"); > header("Content-disposition:inline;filename=$filename"); > header("Content-length: $len"); > print $buf; > pdf_delete($p); > ?> > > (I'm not using sessions). > > Anything? > thanks, > s. > > > > Matt Schroebel wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sarah Gray [mailto:sarah@fabled.net] > > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 12:21 PM > > > To: PHP > > > Subject: [PHP] Getting gibberish, sometimes, in PDF output > > > > > > > > > hi > > > I'm generating a pdf file and giving users a link to the file > > > (an online > > > certificate). The link is just a regular link with a query string. > > > > > > Sometimes in the browser the pdf file opens correctly, > and other times > > > the page spews out gibberish (uncompiled). > > > > > > I am including the header header("Content-type: > application/pdf"); in > > > the file and it is on the first line (before includes, etc.). > > > > > > This is the first time I am outputting pdf files and suspect that > > > probably I am missing something simple -- a step, call to > a plugin, > > > header, something. Can anyone tell me what that might be? > > > > Make sure to send a content-length header, or IE won't like > the pdf. IE > > has this terrible habit of remembering the content-type > within a window > > of the browser, so if you ever had sent the page without the > > content-type, then IE will treat it as text and you get > gibberish. The > > same is true in reverse -- if you get a parse error and had > previously > > sent a content-type header, you'll get a broken icon image > unless you > > close the window and re-open the page. > > > > Also, you may want to move the content-type header to a place right > > before you output the pdf, so that if there are parse errors, the > > browser will show them and not try to send the page to Aacrobat. > > > > These are the headers I send: > > header('Content-type: application/pdf'); > > header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$fileName"); > > header("Content-Length: $length"); > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >