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  • =?ISO-8859-1?B?UOlw6g==?=
    #1

    get a pdf file from server

    Hello.

    Im new to php and i had experience in ASP.

    IM trying to get a pdf file from a remote folder and what happens is
    that opens a new page.

    Here is the code:

    <a href="./uploads/files/<?php echo $pdf ?>">Get File!</a>

    The $pdf has the value from the field 'file_pdf' and the type is
    varchar. Example: "test.pdf".

    Any help? THanks in advance
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    • Michael Fesser
      #2
      Re: get a pdf file from server

      ..oO(Pépê)
      >IM trying to get a pdf file from a remote folder and what happens is
      >that opens a new page.
      >
      >Here is the code:
      >
      ><a href="./uploads/files/<?php echo $pdf ?>">Get File!</a>
      >
      >The $pdf has the value from the field 'file_pdf' and the type is
      >varchar. Example: "test.pdf".
      Looks OK.
      >Any help? THanks in advance
      What do you get? Does your browser display the PDF as plain text? Then
      the server doesn't deliver it with the correct content type.

      Micha

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        • =?ISO-8859-1?B?UOlw6g==?=
          #3
          Re: get a pdf file from server

          Thanks for the answer Micha.

          Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
          see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.

          How can i see if it is the correct content type?


          Best Regards

          On 19 Jun, 19:18, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
          .oO(Pépê)
          >
          IM trying to get a pdf file from a remote folder and what happens is
          that opens a new page.
          >
          Here is the code:
          >
          <a href="./uploads/files/<?php echo $pdf ?>">Get File!</a>
          >
          The $pdf has the value from the field  'file_pdf' and the type is
          varchar. Example: "test.pdf".
          >
          Looks OK.
          >
          Any help? THanks in advance
          >
          What do you get? Does your browser display the PDF as plain text? Then
          the server doesn't deliver it with the correct content type.
          >
          Micha

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            • =?ISO-8859-1?B?UOlw6g==?=
              #4
              Re: get a pdf file from server

              Thanks for the answer Micha.

              Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
              see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.

              How can i see if it is the correct content type?


              Best Regards

              On 19 Jun, 19:18, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
              .oO(Pépê)
              >
              IM trying to get a pdf file from a remote folder and what happens is
              that opens a new page.
              >
              Here is the code:
              >
              <a href="./uploads/files/<?php echo $pdf ?>">Get File!</a>
              >
              The $pdf has the value from the field  'file_pdf' and the type is
              varchar. Example: "test.pdf".
              >
              Looks OK.
              >
              Any help? THanks in advance
              >
              What do you get? Does your browser display the PDF as plain text? Then
              the server doesn't deliver it with the correct content type.
              >
              Micha

                Comment

                • Michael Fesser
                  #5
                  Re: get a pdf file from server

                  ..oO(Pépê)
                  >Thanks for the answer Micha.
                  >
                  >Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
                  >see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.
                  The script just prints a URL with the filename of the PDF. In the
                  resulting HTML source code it should look like

                  <a href="./uploads/files/test.pdf">Get File!</a>

                  You should check that. If for whatever reason the URL would be just

                  ../uploads/files/

                  then you would probably get a server-generated index page containing a
                  list of the directory content. This would mean the problem is your PHP.
                  >How can i see if it is the correct content type?
                  If it's online, you can use <http://web-sniffer.net/>, for a local check
                  the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox is probably the easiest
                  way to examine the answer from the server. What matters is the Content-
                  Type header in the response, it describes of what type the returned data
                  is and how the browser should handle it. For PDFs the returned content
                  type should be "applicatio n/pdf", which will allow browsers to either
                  show the PDF inline (if a plugin is available) or to launch an external
                  viewer.

                  Micha

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                    • =?ISO-8859-1?B?UOlw6g==?=
                      #6
                      Re: get a pdf file from server

                      Yes, it shows

                      ./uploads/files

                      What can i do to change that???

                      On 19 Jun, 22:16, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
                      .oO(Pépê)
                      >
                      Thanks for the answer Micha.
                      >
                      Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
                      see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.
                      >
                      The script just prints a URL with the filename of the PDF. In the
                      resulting HTML source code it should look like
                      >
                      <a href="./uploads/files/test.pdf">Get File!</a>
                      >
                      You should check that. If for whatever reason the URL would be just
                      >
                      ./uploads/files/
                      >
                      then you would probably get a server-generated index page containing a
                      list of the directory content. This would mean the problem is your PHP.
                      >
                      How can i see if it is the correct content type?
                      >
                      If it's online, you can use <http://web-sniffer.net/>, for a local check
                      the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox is probably the easiest
                      way to examine the answer from the server. What matters is the Content-
                      Type header in the response, it describes of what type the returned data
                      is and how the browser should handle it. For PDFs the returned content
                      type should be "applicatio n/pdf", which will allow browsers to either
                      show the PDF inline (if a plugin is available) or to launch an external
                      viewer.
                      >
                      Micha

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                        • Captain Paralytic
                          #7
                          Re: get a pdf file from server

                          On Jun 20, 9:57 am, Pépê <josemariabar.. .@gmail.comwrot e:
                          On 19 Jun, 22:16, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
                          >
                          >
                          >
                          .oO(Pépê)
                          >
                          >Thanks for the answer Micha.
                          >
                          >Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
                          >see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.
                          >
                          The script just prints a URL with the filename of the PDF. In the
                          resulting HTML source code it should look like
                          >
                          <a href="./uploads/files/test.pdf">Get File!</a>
                          >
                          You should check that. If for whatever reason the URL would be just
                          >
                          ./uploads/files/
                          >
                          then you would probably get a server-generated index page containing a
                          list of the directory content. This would mean the problem is your PHP.
                          >
                          >How can i see if it is the correct content type?
                          >
                          If it's online, you can use <http://web-sniffer.net/>, for a local check
                          the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox is probably the easiest
                          way to examine the answer from the server. What matters is the Content-
                          Type header in the response, it describes of what type the returned data
                          is and how the browser should handle it. For PDFs the returned content
                          type should be "applicatio n/pdf", which will allow browsers to either
                          show the PDF inline (if a plugin is available) or to launch an external
                          viewer.
                          >
                          MichaYes, it shows
                          >
                          ./uploads/files
                          >
                          What can i do to change that???
                          >
                          The first thing to do is to please stop top posting (top posting
                          fixed).

                          Next I would suggest reporting the bug you have found as it is pretty
                          much impossible for the output to show:
                          ./uploads/files
                          However, if I assume that you have made a copy'n'paste error and teh
                          output actually shows:
                          ./uploads/files/
                          then you should look at why you are getting nothing output by your
                          echo statement, which is most likely because there is nothng in the
                          variable $pdf.

                          Since you do not tell us how $pdf is supposed to get populated, there
                          is not much more we can tell you.

                          BTW, <?php echo $pdf ?should really say <?php echo $pdf; ?>

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                            • =?ISO-8859-1?B?UOlw6g==?=
                              #8
                              Re: get a pdf file from server

                              On 20 Jun, 12:35, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@y ahoo.comwrote:
                              On Jun 20, 9:57 am, Pépê <josemariabar.. .@gmail.comwrot e:
                              >
                              On 19 Jun, 22:16, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
                              >
                              .oO(Pépê)
                              >
                              Thanks for the answer Micha.
                              >
                              Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and whati
                              see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.
                              >
                              The script just prints a URL with the filename of the PDF. In the
                              resulting HTML source code it should look like
                              >
                              <a href="./uploads/files/test.pdf">Get File!</a>
                              >
                              You should check that. If for whatever reason the URL would be just
                              >
                              ./uploads/files/
                              >
                              then you would probably get a server-generated index page containing a
                              list of the directory content. This would mean the problem is your PHP.
                              >
                              How can i see if it is the correct content type?
                              >
                              If it's online, you can use <http://web-sniffer.net/>, for a local check
                              the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox is probably the easiest
                              way to examine the answer from the server. What matters is the Content-
                              Type header in the response, it describes of what type the returned data
                              is and how the browser should handle it. For PDFs the returned content
                              type should be "applicatio n/pdf", which will allow browsers to either
                              show the PDF inline (if a plugin is available) or to launch an external
                              viewer.
                              >
                              MichaYes, it shows
                              >
                              ./uploads/files
                              >
                              What can i do to change that???
                              >
                              The first thing to do is to please stop top posting (top posting
                              fixed).
                              >
                              Next I would suggest reporting the bug you have found as it is pretty
                              much impossible for the output to show:
                              ./uploads/files
                              However, if I assume that you have made a copy'n'paste error and teh
                              output actually shows:
                              ./uploads/files/
                              then you should look at why you are getting nothing output by your
                              echo statement, which is most likely because there is nothng in the
                              variable $pdf.
                              >
                              Since you do not tell us how $pdf is supposed to get populated, there
                              is not much more we can tell you.
                              >
                              BTW, <?php echo $pdf ?should really say <?php echo $pdf; ?>
                              The problem was solved when i uploaded from local to internet....
                              In the internet it is running normally but locally dont..strange..

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                                • Captain Paralytic
                                  #9
                                  Re: get a pdf file from server

                                  On Jun 20, 3:16 pm, Pépê <josemariabar.. .@gmail.comwrot e:
                                  On 20 Jun, 12:35, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@y ahoo.comwrote:
                                  >
                                  >
                                  >
                                  >
                                  >
                                  On Jun 20, 9:57 am, Pépê <josemariabar.. .@gmail.comwrot e:
                                  >
                                  On 19 Jun, 22:16, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
                                  >
                                  .oO(Pépê)
                                  >
                                  >Thanks for the answer Micha.
                                  >
                                  >Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
                                  >see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.
                                  >
                                  The script just prints a URL with the filename of the PDF. In the
                                  resulting HTML source code it should look like
                                  >
                                  <a href="./uploads/files/test.pdf">Get File!</a>
                                  >
                                  You should check that. If for whatever reason the URL would be just
                                  >
                                  ./uploads/files/
                                  >
                                  then you would probably get a server-generated index page containing a
                                  list of the directory content. This would mean the problem is your PHP.
                                  >
                                  >How can i see if it is the correct content type?
                                  >
                                  If it's online, you can use <http://web-sniffer.net/>, for a local check
                                  the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox is probably the easiest
                                  way to examine the answer from the server. What matters is the Content-
                                  Type header in the response, it describes of what type the returneddata
                                  is and how the browser should handle it. For PDFs the returned content
                                  type should be "applicatio n/pdf", which will allow browsers to either
                                  show the PDF inline (if a plugin is available) or to launch an external
                                  viewer.
                                  >
                                  MichaYes, it shows
                                  >
                                  ./uploads/files
                                  >
                                  What can i do to change that???
                                  >
                                  The first thing to do is to please stop top posting (top posting
                                  fixed).
                                  >
                                  Next I would suggest reporting the bug you have found as it is pretty
                                  much impossible for the output to show:
                                  ./uploads/files
                                  However, if I assume that you have made a copy'n'paste error and teh
                                  output actually shows:
                                  ./uploads/files/
                                  then you should look at why you are getting nothing output by your
                                  echo statement, which is most likely because there is nothng in the
                                  variable $pdf.
                                  >
                                  Since you do not tell us how $pdf is supposed to get populated, there
                                  is not much more we can tell you.
                                  >
                                  BTW, <?php echo $pdf ?should really say <?php echo $pdf; ?>
                                  >
                                  The problem was solved when i uploaded from local to internet....
                                  In the internet it is running normally but locally dont..strange..- Hide quoted text -
                                  >
                                  - Show quoted text -
                                  Well you do not show us where you get the value of $pdf from (as I
                                  already said), but is it possible that you have register_global s set
                                  on on the internet? If so you need to fix the program without
                                  register_global s.

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                                    • =?ISO-8859-1?B?UOlw6g==?=
                                      #10
                                      Re: get a pdf file from server

                                      On 20 Jun, 15:35, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@y ahoo.comwrote:
                                      On Jun 20, 3:16 pm, Pépê <josemariabar.. .@gmail.comwrot e:
                                      >
                                      >
                                      >
                                      On 20 Jun, 12:35, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@y ahoo.comwrote:
                                      >
                                      On Jun 20, 9:57 am, Pépê <josemariabar.. .@gmail.comwrot e:
                                      >
                                      On 19 Jun, 22:16, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
                                      >
                                      .oO(Pépê)
                                      >
                                      Thanks for the answer Micha.
                                      >
                                      Well, when i try it on my local server i go to another page and what i
                                      see is a page with a link with the name of the pdf file.
                                      >
                                      The script just prints a URL with the filename of the PDF. In the
                                      resulting HTML source code it should look like
                                      >
                                      <a href="./uploads/files/test.pdf">Get File!</a>
                                      >
                                      You should check that. If for whatever reason the URL would be just
                                      >
                                      ./uploads/files/
                                      >
                                      then you would probably get a server-generated index page containing a
                                      list of the directory content. This would mean the problem is your PHP.
                                      >
                                      How can i see if it is the correct content type?
                                      >
                                      If it's online, you can use <http://web-sniffer.net/>, for a local check
                                      the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox is probably the easiest
                                      way to examine the answer from the server. What matters is the Content-
                                      Type header in the response, it describes of what type the returned data
                                      is and how the browser should handle it. For PDFs the returned content
                                      type should be "applicatio n/pdf", which will allow browsers to either
                                      show the PDF inline (if a plugin is available) or to launch an external
                                      viewer.
                                      >
                                      MichaYes, it shows
                                      >
                                      ./uploads/files
                                      >
                                      What can i do to change that???
                                      >
                                      The first thing to do is to please stop top posting (top posting
                                      fixed).
                                      >
                                      Next I would suggest reporting the bug you have found as it is pretty
                                      much impossible for the output to show:
                                      ./uploads/files
                                      However, if I assume that you have made a copy'n'paste error and teh
                                      output actually shows:
                                      ./uploads/files/
                                      then you should look at why you are getting nothing output by your
                                      echo statement, which is most likely because there is nothng in the
                                      variable $pdf.
                                      >
                                      Since you do not tell us how $pdf is supposed to get populated, there
                                      is not much more we can tell you.
                                      >
                                      BTW, <?php echo $pdf ?should really say <?php echo $pdf; ?>
                                      >
                                      The problem was solved when i uploaded from local to internet....
                                      In the internet it is running normally but locally dont..strange..- Hide quoted text -
                                      >
                                      - Show quoted text -
                                      >
                                      Well you do not show us where you get the value of $pdf from (as I
                                      already said), but is it possible that you have register_global s set
                                      on on the internet? If so you need to fix the program without
                                      register_global s.
                                      THe register_global s is set to off.

                                      I get the value of $pdf from the database. Is that it?sorry but i dont
                                      understand..new bie here

                                        Comment

                                        • Michael Fesser
                                          #11
                                          Re: get a pdf file from server

                                          ..oO(Captain Paralytic)
                                          >However, if I assume that you have made a copy'n'paste error and teh
                                          >output actually shows:
                                          >./uploads/files/
                                          >then you should look at why you are getting nothing output by your
                                          >echo statement, which is most likely because there is nothng in the
                                          >variable $pdf.
                                          First thing to check is the local php.ini for correct error settings:

                                          display_errors = on
                                          error_reporting = E_ALL|E_STRICT

                                          PHP might show a notice in this case. Then some error handling in the
                                          database part might be useful as well.
                                          >Since you do not tell us how $pdf is supposed to get populated, there
                                          >is not much more we can tell you.
                                          >
                                          >BTW, <?php echo $pdf ?should really say <?php echo $pdf; ?>
                                          Both work. In PHP the semicolon is a statement separator, not a
                                          terminator.

                                          Micha

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