force a download

[PC Nerd]

hi guys,

 

i know that when i place a .zip, or .exe in my web directory, the  browser automatically asled the user to download the file. however i want to place a PDF into my site, and only make it available as a download, becauase i know that especially with IE and Firefox, it reads it within the browser instead.

 

how can i have the file a download, instead of read?

 

thanks for your help in advance, yours, PC Nerd

[Lumio]

Look here:

www.php.net/header

This example may help you:

<?php
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/pdf');

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');
?>