Re: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread Myron Turner
There's nothing wrong with this. It's standard. I believe the logic of this is that the first two forward slashes represent the standard protocol indicator: http://, ftp://, file://, while the final forward slash represents a directory off the root directory, as a carry over from unix /tmp, /b

RE: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread George Pitcher
> Jochem, > > > >>> This is what > >>> the browser (guessed wrong - I'm using Firefox) shows in the > status bar. > >> ok, right - so what does the html source actually contain? > >> > > PDF > > so what happens when you make it like so: > > PDF > > ? No change. George -- PHP General Maili

Re: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread Jochem Maas
George Pitcher wrote: > Jochem, > >>> This is what >>> the browser (guessed wrong - I'm using Firefox) shows in the status bar. >> ok, right - so what does the html source actually contain? >> > PDF so what happens when you make it like so: PDF ? > >> I'm assuming that the way firefox is inte

RE: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread George Pitcher
Jochem, > > This is what > > the browser (guessed wrong - I'm using Firefox) shows in the status bar. > > ok, right - so what does the html source actually contain? > PDF > I'm assuming that the way firefox is interpreting the link makes > it not work? > does the link work in IE? > I get exactly

Re: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread Jochem Maas
George Pitcher wrote: > Jochem, > >>> I have tried variations on the following: >>> >>> $storelink = ">> target=\"_blank\">PDF"; >>> >>> and the link keeps coming out as: >>> >>> file:///G:/575991.pdf >> is that what the browser (let me guess: IE) is interpreting >> the link as or is that what is

[PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread George Pitcher
Hi, I have a web page that only I see, and I want to link to a PDF file on a mapped drive so that it will open in Acrobat. I have tried variations on the following: $storelink = "PDF"; and the link keeps coming out as: file:///G:/575991.pdf So I have 3 x '/' and a '/' where I want a '\'. Can

RE: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread George Pitcher
Jochem, > > I have tried variations on the following: > > > > $storelink = " > target=\"_blank\">PDF"; > > > > and the link keeps coming out as: > > > > file:///G:/575991.pdf > > is that what the browser (let me guess: IE) is interpreting > the link as or is that what is literally in the html sour

Re: [PHP] problem generating a file link

2007-03-05 Thread Jochem Maas
George Pitcher wrote: > Hi, > > I have a web page that only I see, and I want to link to a PDF file on a > mapped drive so that it will open in Acrobat. > > I have tried variations on the following: > > $storelink = " target=\"_blank\">PDF"; > > and the link keeps coming out as: > > file:///G: