how to show a pdf or word document

Anon

hello

i would like to know how i can show a pdf or word document on a browser page? i can directly write a HREF tag to the word or PDF files but i do not want the user to see the link on my site.

so instead of

........."/uploads/doc.pdf"

i wish them to see

........."showdocument.php?filename=doc.pdf"

i would appreciate if someone could tell me how i should write the "showdocument.php" above?

thanks!

Anon

Header("Content-type: application/doc");

or was it msword (I dont remember quite well)
also when using IE >4 then you should be able to see it into internet explorer...

Anon

thanks lauri for your response. i am not sure what i should do after that? after header - what to write?

also, will the above header work for all kinds of fileS? supposing i wanted zip and pdf files?

thanks!

Anon

The Header() function is used at the top of an HTML file to send raw HTTP header strings to browser and webserver

if you want little specific read the manual

Anon

create a showdocument.php
and link to it like:

'showdocument.php?filename=adobe.pdf'

or
'showdocument.php?filename=word.doc'

<?
header("Content-Type: application/x-pdf");
fpassthru($filename);
?>

this is for pdf files, for word docs use:

<?
header("Content-Type: application/ms-word");
fpassthru($filename);
?>