how can i automatically download generated pdf using php [duplicate]

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I need to make my website automatically download the pdf that I generated it, so I used this code to generate the pdf using dompdf :

include('pdf.php');
$file_name = "ORDER-".$name . '.pdf';
$html_code = '<link rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap.min.css">';
$html_code .= fetch_customer_data();
$pdf = new Pdf();
$pdf->load_html($html_code);
$pdf->render();
$file = $pdf->output();
file_put_contents($file_name, $file);

when I run this in localhost the pdf downloaded in the same file where the source code file exists and everything is fine , but when I tried to run it on a real server I could not find the pdf so I used this code so it would be automatically downloaded in the downloads file :

    header('Content-Type: application/download');
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $file_name . "\"");
    header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file_name));

so this done the job but when I open the file I find it empty or with the result of the code source page I don't know what is wrong here can anyone tell me

the pdf.php file :

<?php

//pdf.php

require_once 'dompdf/autoload.inc.php';

use Dompdf\Dompdf;

class Pdf extends Dompdf{

 public function __construct(){
  parent::__construct();
 }
}

?>

Does this answer your question? Laravel 5.1 - barryvdh/laravel-dompdf, PDF file download not working properly — Gulshan S
– Gulshan S, Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 12:04
well it looks like this is not working for me if because I want to download multiple pdfs — hidri elaa
– hidri elaa, Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 15:18

hidri elaa · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-24 12:38:01Z

0

I just added return $pdf->stream(); and removed

    header('Content-Type: application/download');
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $file_name . "\"");
    header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file_name));

answered Feb 24, 2020 at 12:38

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