PDF upload doesn't work

php4tric

Hi all,

I have a form with file-upload. If i want to upload an image, i have no problems, but if i want to upload a PDF, the file is being uploaded, but when i want to open it afterwards (link on webpage) it can't be opened. It seems like the file is damaged.

here comes my code

// PDF File
if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['jobpdf']['tmp_name'])) {
echo "yes uploaded";
$jobpdf = $_FILES['jobpdf']['name'];
//copy ($_FILES['jobpdf']['tmp_name'], "../downloads/jobs/".$_FILES['jobpdf']['name']);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['jobpdf']['tmp_name'], "../downloads/jobs/".$_FILES['jobpdf']['name']);
}

What am i doing wrong? Do I have to use a different function? Encode/Decode the PDF file?

Thank you very much for all help?

cheers
tric

LoganK

Is the PDF file uploading correctly to the ../downloads/jobs folder?

If you FTP to your site, go to that folder, D/L the PDF and open it, does it work?

During the upload the MIME type may have been corrupted...

php4tric

thx for your input..

if i download it with FTP the file is still corrupted...how can i make sure that the MIME type isn't corrupted?

LoganK

You really can't...except for instead of linking right to the file, have a PHP file output the contents of the file to the screen, and a header beforehand saying that the mime type is application/pdf.

That's all I can say, since I'm not an expert on file types, associates, mime types, etc.