[SOLVED] Help: problem with Headers to download PDF file

[rfeio]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to implement a script where when a user clicks a link he gets a PDF file to open or save.

 

In my index.php page I have the following link:

 

<a href="http://localhost/example/get_file.php">Click here to get the file</a>

 

And the script is in get_file.php:

 

<?php
$path = '/docs/document.pdf';
$mm_type="application/pdf"; 


header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Type: " . $mm_type);
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($path) );
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($path).'"');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");

readfile($path); 

exit();
?>

 

Unfortunately it's not working properly. When clicking on the link and either selecting 'open' or 'save' from the dialog box, the end result is always the same; the end file is about 1KB in size when originally it was 456KB and therefore it's damaged.

 

Any ideas on why this is happening?

 

Thanks!

 

[johnsmith153]

This works for me for downloading all file types:

 

$path = "/folder/file.pdf";

$file = basename($path);

 

if(file_exists($path)) {

header("Cache-Control: public");

header("Content-Description: File Transfer");

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file");

header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");

readfile($path);

}

[johnsmith153]

I suppose your:

 

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($path).'"');

 

could be the problem

[dreamwest]

Add this to htaccess - its foolproof

 

AddType application/octet-stream .pdf

[rfeio]

Mates, thanks a lot for your help!!!

 

I have found the problem thanks to you johnsmith153.

 

I have tried your code and I realized that the path was wrong!

 

The "file_exists($path)" code warned me of the problem.

 

I had to include in the path the "http://localhost" reference in order to read the file.