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 "application/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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