using header() to rewrite filename in URL for dynamic pdf

Question

I have a php script that generates a pdf report. When we go to save the pdf document, the filename that Acrobat suggests is report_pdf, since the php script is named report_pdf.php. I would like to dynamically name the pdf file, so I don't have to type the appropriate name for the report each time that I save it. Asking on a news group, someone suggested this, where `filename="July Report.pdf"` is the intended name of the report ``` <? header('Content-Type: application/pdf'); header('Content-disposition: filename="July Report.pdf"'); ``` But it doesn't work. Am I doing it wrong, or will this work at all? Is this a job for mod_rewrite? So I've tried both ``` header('Content-disposition: inline; filename="July Report.pdf"'); ``` and ``` header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="July Report.pdf"'); ``` ( not at the same time ) and neither work for me. Is this a problem with my web host? For this url, here's my code: ``` <? header('Content-disposition: inline; filename="July Repo…

Accepted Answer

Try:

```
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="July Report.pdf"');
```

or

```
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="July Report.pdf"');
```

Another option would be to use the `$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']` to pass your "July Report.pdf" - an example link might be:

```
<a href="report_pdf.php/July%20Report.pdf?month=07">
```

That file should default to saving as "July Report.pdf" - and should behave exactly like your old php script did, just change the code that produces the link to the pdf.

using header() to rewrite filename in URL for dynamic pdf

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