PDF Download test

pdf-download-test.php

<?php
/**
 * PDF download test
 *
 * @author Fabian Wolf
 * @link http://usability-idealist.de/
 *
 * NOTE: Copy + paste from @link http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.header.php#refsect1-function.header-examples
 */

// init

// full path to source file. if none given, PHP is trying to find it in the current directory (where THIS php script is sitting in)
$strSourceFile = 'Trambahner.pdf';

// name of the destination file aka what will be downloaded as $name
$strDestFile = 'my-downloaded.pdf';

// main

if( !file_exists( $strSourceFile ) ) {
	exit('Error: Could not find ' . $strSourceFile . '!');
}

// disable caching
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');

 
// indicates PDF 
header('Content-type: application/pdf');

// file size
header('Content-Length: ' .(string) (filesize( $strSourceFile ) ) );

// initiate download
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$strDestFile.'"');


/**
 * Avoid fun with invalid BINARY code (so, do NOT use this with regular PDF files!)
 * @see http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.header.php#81045
 */
//ob_start();

// read source file
readfile( $strSourceFile );

// flush buffer
ob_end_clean();

// done
exit;

// closing tag intentionally left out