"Including" PDF files

[Anon]

Is there a way to use the "include" statement, perhaps combined with some type of header() call, for PDF files, rather than using a <a href="file.pdf"> style link?

The idea is to have the browser still start the Acrobat Reader and display the file but not have to use a link.

[emcb_php]

Hi,

If the person(s) who will view the pdf have acrobat 3+ they will be able to view it intheir broweser so you can use an <a> tag.

You could also put a link for the latest version of acrobat so they can download the plugin.

Elfyn

[jesus_hairdo]

I'm not sure of it would work, but you could try using a 'header' look towards the bottom of the page here, http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php. it shown how to force the user to download but you might be able to alter it so it just shows it. maybe something like;

<?
header ("Content-type: application/pdf");
$file = fopen ("/path/to/pdf/file.pdf","r");
echo $file ;
?>

Jamie

[jesus_hairdo]

sorry forgot after the echo $file; its safer to add,
fclose ($file);

jamie

[jesus_hairdo]

OK, here's a working version (well it worked for me anyway)

<?
header ("Content-type: application/pdf");
$file = fopen ("/path/to/file.pdf", "r");
$contents = fread ($file, filesize("/path/to/file.pdf"));
echo $contents;
fclose ($file)
?>

just tested in ie 6.0 & opera 5.12, works great in both. (NT versions)

[Anon]

Excellent. Thanks so much for your help.