如何发送php http请求并检索pdf？ [关闭]

Question

I'm beginner with PHP, I would like to download a pdf file from an Indy server.

I'm using a http_get to send the request but It seems wrong since all content type that can be returned is text/html.

So my question is quiet simple: which request should I use to retrieve my pdf file??

After retrieving it, I wish to transfert it.But its maybe an other problem.

Answer 1

You can use the cUrl library or simply use file_get_contents. file_get_contents return FALSE if the file is not there or whatever and it returns the file contents on SUCCESS. You need to capture the contents of the file and save them locally or output them to the browser.

$content = file_get_contents('file.pdf', fopen('https://url.to/file.pdf', 'r'));
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=filename.pdf');
echo $content;