Question

Today I started experimenting with PHP-based PDF generators. I tried TCPDF and it works fine for the most part, although it seems to be a little slow. But when I load the PHP file that generates my PDF in Internet Explorer 8, I see lines and lines of weird characters. Chrome however recognizes it as a PDF.

I’m assuming that I have to set a special MIME type to tell IE that it should interpret the page output as a PDF file. If yes, how can I do this?

Answer 1

putting “application/pdf” or “application/octet-stream” mime types might help. keep in mind that “application/octet-stream” will force download of the file and might prevent it from opening in the browser..

in case you wonder, you can do it like that:

header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');