Have you tried downloading the file you generated and trying to load the file on a Windows machine then on the FreeBSD box? That would at least verify the integrity of the file. Maybe something in the Windows version of PHP or the PDF extensions is causing it to generate a bad PDF. If the PDF works fine on Windows and on FreeBSD, then it's something with your web server or browser configuration. I'd check the following: PDF generated on FreeBSD - Works in FreeBSD? Works in Windows? PDF generated on Windows - Works in FreeBSD? Works in Windows? Also check both of these directly through the web browser and by generating the PDF and saving it to a file and testing both renditions on both boxes. Let us know what you find.. I might start working with generating PDFs at some point in the near future and I'd like to hear how this turns out for you. -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles P. Killmer [mailto:charlesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:20 PM > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: PDF Acrobat Issue *Strange* > > > If the headers and data are correct then the server is handling it > correctly. What I have notice in the past is that simply hitting > refresh in IE doesn't always work. Try copying to url to the > clipboard and going to some other site. Like google.com. Then paste > the url back from the clipboard. This has worked for me in the past when > IE displays the binary data of the pdf. > > Charles Killmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: trippin > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:29 PM > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: PDF Acrobat Issue *Strange* > > I am trying to create a PDF document on the fly from database > information (mysql). I have this identical script setup on my FreeBSD > server (1.3.x apache, 4.3.4 php), but i am on a Windows 2003 > server and > I have tried serveral combinations of apache including 1.3.31 and > 2.0.49. I have also tried 4.3.4 and 4.3.7. My problem sounds simple > enough. When I click on a link I want the pdf document to open up in > Adobe Acrobat, and it does just fine when on my FreeBSD > server. I copied > my scripts over and when I run them now the proper mime type > is detected > (I have fully looked at the headers and they are propper and identical > to the FreeBSD servers headers), but I get a window that opens up and > shows the raw text of the pdf document. If I right click on > the document > and go to properties it says it is an "Adobe Acrobat > Document" just like > it should. I have tried serveral different header() combinations as > suggesed by the user comments @ http://www.php.net/header but I can't > get adobe ! > acrobat to open the files. Its not the client or the script because > everything works fine with i direct my webbrowser back on > over to my old > server. > I would love to run any of the free *nixs but my job does not > permit me > to do that. My only clue to this would be some php.ini file settings > that i am unaware of. I have tried both dist and recommeneded > php inis. > Thanks > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
