user "lorenzo" resolved my problem http://ask.cakephp.org/questions/view/pdf_output_issue_after_upgrading_to_2_0-dev
i used $this->response->type("pdf") instead of header("Content-type: application/pdf") On 12 Gen, 16:41, Ernesto <e.fanz...@gmail.com> wrote: > update: > > Opera and Firefox can't open my PDF while IE8 does it flawlessly (lol) > > i bet this is a header/render issue > > On 11 Gen, 12:03, Ernesto <e.fanz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > i just upgraded to 2.0-dev > > the only big problem i'm encountering are on-the-fly generated PDFs > > i'll use one of my views as example > > > model/controller: this is a PageController action, without data and > > without model. it just changes the layout from "default" to "pdf" > > > PdfHelper: that's a simple TCPDF wrapper that loads an istance of > > TCPDF during startup > > > layout: > > [PHP] > > header("content-type: application/pdf"); > > echo $content_for_layout > > [/PHP] > > > view: > > [PHP] > > $this->Pdf->PdfLib->addPage() > > //some random TCPDF commands > > $this->Pdf->pdfLib->Output("myPDF"); > > [/PHP] > > > all this code worked flawlessy in 1.3.6 but in 2.0-dev the PDFs are > > printed just like HTML code > > > %PDF-1.7 7 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 1 0 R /LastModified (D: > > 20110111120027+01'00') /Resources 2 0 R /MediaBox [0.00 0.00 595.28 > > 841.89] /CropBox [0.00 0.00 595.28 841.89] /BleedBox [0.00 0.00 595.28 > > 841.89] /TrimBox [0.00 0.00 595.28 841.89] /ArtBox [0.00 0.00 595.28 > > 841.89] /Contents 8 0 R /Rotate 0 /Group << /Type /Group /S / > > Transparency /CS /DeviceRGB >> /Annots [ 6 0 R ] /PZ 1 >> endobj 8 0 > > obj <> stream x ]] 6 } < # jێ x* z\S Om -IlSl{ H > > $] h ʃ Q > > > why? > > > is cake formatting the output? > > > i can't get rid of that Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en