> I have a blob in the database. I want to open a file=BLOB in the browser such > a way as if I clicked on a link. So if it is pdf, its opened by pdf plugin, > if it is doc, it is open by word plugin, if it is zip the dialog for > opening/saving to disk is opened, if it is jpeg it is directly displayed in > the browser. The header() function with Attachment doesn't work. Any idea how > to achieve this effect without writing the BLOB to a temporary file somewhere > on the disk and opening this file ???
You need to get header() to work. Use header() to deliver the correct content-type for the file, then echo the $BLOB data. That's it. Show your code if it's not working. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
