I have a PHP page that retrieves a PDF from a location on my server that isn't in the web server home path, for security reasons. When I try to retrieve the file on my development server everything works great, but when I try it on my account with HostGator it opens the PDF and I get an error after Adobe opens. "There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired"
Here is the code I'm using
$file = $file_info->file_name;
if(file_exists($file))
{
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/mime-type');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename='.basename($file));
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($file);
}
when I present it with a browser that is fails.
I have been racking my brain for hours. I would appreciate some help.
Thanks
Troy
