Re: [PHP] Extra byte added to PDF streaming file

2004-07-27 Thread Scott Taylor
Larry E. Ullman wrote: I've seen cases where extra buffer content gets added to the downloaded file. The problem was fixed by deleting any existing buffer before sending the file to the client. Not sure that will solve the problem but it's worth a shot. How does one delete an existing buffer?

Re: [PHP] Extra byte added to PDF streaming file

2004-07-27 Thread Larry E . Ullman
I've seen cases where extra buffer content gets added to the downloaded file. The problem was fixed by deleting any existing buffer before sending the file to the client. Not sure that will solve the problem but it's worth a shot. How does one delete an existing buffer? ob_end_flush();? ob_end_

Re: [PHP] Extra byte added to PDF streaming file

2004-07-26 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Scott Taylor: > >$fp = fopen($file, 'rb'); >// send the right headers >header("Content-Type: application/pdf"); >header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file)); >// dump the file and stop the script >fpassthru($fp); > > ... > > The reason for this is that someh

Re: [PHP] Extra byte added to PDF streaming file

2004-07-26 Thread Larry E . Ullman
It appears as though some readers (such as adobe acrobat) can read this file fine yet others (such as the program gv in *NIX) cannot read it. The reason for this is that somehow a hex 0A is added before the inital %PDF-1.2 which marks the start of the PDF file causing some readers to not recog