I have a script that allows subscribers to download a monthly PDF. The PDFs are stored in a non-public directory, so I use the following script to get the files to them:

PHP Code:

$fileName = mysql_result($resIs,0,"fileName");
        $fp = fopen($path .$fileName, "r");
        header("Content-type: application/pdf");
        fpassthru($fp);
        fclose($fp); 


So based on the download link that has been generated, it looks up the issue number to allow the download of the correct file.

For most users, this works fine - their browsers automatically open the file in their PDF reader. However, it downloads a file called "download.php" (which is the php file the above code is in) rather than say, "issue65.pdf" which is the actual file. They can manually rename download.php to a file name with a .pdf extension and it works fine, but I would like to fix this so the script just downloads a properly named pdf file, and I don't have the wherewithall to do so.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

This is taken directly from the examples of php.net (of the header() function).

If you want the user to be prompted to save the data you are sending, such as a generated PDF file, you can use the » Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and force the browser to display the save dialog.

PHP Code:

<?php
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/pdf');

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');
?>

thanks, works great