PDF file in browser

CookieMonster1

I have succeeded in generating a pdf file after getting results from a database query through a browser. No problem opening the file with acrobat.

Now I'm trying to open the pdf file in the browser window.
I don't seem to be able to do it, even with some example code.
I think the problem is on the example code, everything was on the same computer -- database, php files, etc.

With my application, Apache & my php files are on one computer, the database is on another, and I am accessing it through a web browser on a third computer.

mystrymaster

what is it asking you?

daynah

Is the pdf file corrupted? Or do you need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin for your browser?

CookieMonster1

It is giving me a bunch of warnings that it cannot modify header information, headers were already sent.

Then I get a bunch of junk where it looks like maybe it's trying to open the file. Here's part of it:

%PDF-1.3 %äãÏÒ 5 0 obj <> stream xœ••MOÂ@†ïüŠ=ê¡²3ýØö"ÑÄ(ÁÞÍFëW 5€ÿ½»E¥ÓvF„4Ìón˜ {!'Û É ƒQ·…LOL›žÏïgöq$Ø‹h9Ñi_û¤Á½{ý‰T°G·#ØÒ„ /òÁ7ÂÀ*Âendstream endobj 6 0 obj 494 endobj 4 0 obj <> endobj 10 0 obj <> >> endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 7 0 obj <> endobj 8 0 obj <> endobj 9 0 obj <> endobj 1 0 obj <> endobj 2 0 obj <> endobj xref 0 11 0000000000 65535 f 0000001181 00000 n 0000001235 00000 n 0000000599 n 0000000703 00000 n trailer <<1E0E3DA3169373BEFA819F3F8E826981>] >> startxref 1282 %%EOF

Here is the code I copied from the example:
.......
// close and save file
pdf_close($pdf);

    // Now we want to display the pdf file in the browser
    // In Netscape it will be displayed within the browser using

Adobe
// In IE it will display a File Download screen to allow to save
or open the file

    $fp = fopen($filename, "r");
    header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filename));  //for IE to

work
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Disposition: inline");
header("Pragma: ");
header("Cache-Control: ");
if(strpos($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE'))
{
//IE cannot download from sessions without a cache
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename=report.pdf");
}

    fpassthru($fp);
    fclose($fp);

}  // end of output to a file