Sylva Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 hello, I've been reading visual pro and have been building on it. I admit learning php with visual pro really helped me grasp most of the basics of php and I m thankful Larry for your efforts . I used the method in uploading files in the book to create a PDF uploading site but I need to add a download back my PDFs and if its possible to store the uploaded PDF to database or is it just the PDF name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You can store binaries (i.e., the actual PDF in the DB), but it's generally not preferable. You're better to store just the path to the PDF in the DB. With that path, you can very easily link to any PDF, which is all you need for viewing and downloading the PDF. That answer your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylva Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 thanks Hartley for the quick feedback. I was wondering if I could use header function for the download script but instead of downloading the PDF it downloads the whole page. how can I limit it to just the PDF. 2. i was thinking of previewing the front cover of the PDF before download how can I do that? thanks for ur time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 To download just the PDF, use the readfile function on just the PDF file, not the HTML file. There's no way I know of just displaying the cover of the PDF beyond taking a screenshot of the PDF and displaying that, but really, I think it's pretty much a moot point, since all browsers these days can natively display PDF files in their entirety. Edit: You could create a second copy of the PDF that is just the cover page and link to that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylva Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 but I tried attaching an image to the PDF during uploading and only the image for the thumbnail uploaded. the PDF didn't and I thought of using multi file upload but don't know how to do that any recommendations because this site displays books to users and each book has its different genre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Here's a good explanation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2704314/multiple-file-upload-in-php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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