Avoid <a href...

[salonowiec]

Can anypody give a hint: on my page there is <a href and it links to
some file, e.g. alpha.pdf; how to modify the page so that it opens the pdf
file on start, no link?...

[Rik Wasmus]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:17:41 +0200, salonowiec
<de***************@poczta.onet.plwrote:

Can anypody give a hint: on my page there is <a href and it links
to some file, e.g. alpha.pdf; how to modify the page so that it opens
the pdf file on start, no link?...

If you want to display a (new) page AND prompt the user to download the
pdf this can only be done using a meta-trick or javascript, both have
nothing to do with php, so if you want to go that route ask in alt.html or
comp.lang.javascript respectively.

That said, serving a pdf with php is one of the examples in the header()
function page in the manual: <http://www.php.net/header>

--
Rik Wasmus

My new ISP's newsserver sucks. Anyone recommend a good one? Paying for
quality is certainly an option.

[Captain Paralytic]

On 29 Aug, 08:17, "salonowiec" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Can anypody give a hint: on my page there is <a href and it links to
some file, e.g. alpha.pdf; how to modify the page so that it opens the pdf
file on start, no link?...

You can't because you cannot guarantee that the user has a program on
their machine with which to open a pdf file.