How to use PHP to generate downloadable content
July 22nd, 2007 by Aaron
I was looking at some code I had written about 3 years ago - how sad! I was creating a PDF of my resume using PHP to grab my qualifications out of a database. Unfortunately, I never researched into the header php command, so I made my job harder. Instead of writing it with a php file, I made a php file, and renamed it as a .pdf file. I modified my .htaccess file to process that one particular file as a php script. This way, the file executed as php but was mime/typed as the pdf.
Instead, I should have done it the smart way - with the proper use of the header command.
1 2 | header('Content-type: application/pdf'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filename.pdf"'); |
Of course, check out and read the entire header manual page for more.
Tags: PHP
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