RE: [PHP] download not working

Ross wrote: > The pdf is fine, there are no errors . All I get is a small (130byte) pdf > file which is corrupt when I try and open it. From the code I gather you are saving the uploaded file in the database. 1 - What field type are you using for this? 2 - Are you using some form of encoding (eg base64_encode()) before writing it database and decoding when reading it from the database? 3 - Why not save the file to disk with a reference to the correct filename in the database? It will most probably solve your issue. I have tried this saving the file into the database before and could only get it to work reliably by: - base64_encode() on the content of the file - keeping the files below 100kbyte (It was way back with MySQL 3.x and it seemed that MySQL couldn’t save such large amounts of data in a blob or text field I ended up uploading it to disk into a directory not accessible to someone from the outside but accessible by the user Apache was running as. Then by reading the content from the file with PHP and outputting in a similar method as you are using. Hope it helps Albert -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.8/215 - Release Date: 2005/12/27