Download pdf using view page source

To Download PDF from HTML link using PHP with the help of header() function in php. The header()function is used to send a raw HTTP header. Sometimes it wants the user to be prompted to save the data such as generated PDF.

Syntax:

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Note: Remember that HTTP header() must be called before any actual output is sent, either by normal HTML tags, blank lines in a file or from PHP.

Example 1: Save below HTML file as htmllinkpdf.html and save PHP file as downloadpdf.php

• Below example to illustrate concept of downloading PDF file using HTML link.
• Here downloading file appears to be PDF format but without any content which shows error on opening in any application
• HTML code:
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• PHP code:
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• Output:
  

  

Below example illustrates the concept of downloading PDF file locally (i.e. read gfgpdf.pdf file from local ) using HTML link.

Example 2: Save HTML file as htmllinkpdf.html and save PHP file as downloadpdf.php

• HTML code:
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  close

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  link
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  code
• PHP code:
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• Output: