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Rob Monhemius
Rob Monhemius

Reputation: 5144

How should I set the download name of a pdf with fpdf?

I am trying to set a name for a pdf file I generated with FPDF. However for some reason the browser changes some characters.

I am sending this:

$pdfTitle = 'Overview: 2017/2018'
$pdf->Output( 'D', $pdfTitle, true );

Yet when I save my pdf it changes some characters and I and the download name becomes: 'Overview_ 2017_2018'.

I am using UTF-8 encoding on my php file.

FPDF-documentation: http://fpdf.org/en/doc/output.htm

I have two questions:

PS: In the real project the string will come from a database, so I can only access the string programatically and not make direct changes to it.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2837

Answers (1)

Hassaan
Hassaan

Reputation: 7662

You are using the special characters : and / in your filename in your code. Because of this fpdf is filtering your outputs filename.

For example:

Overview: 2017/2018
        ^     ^       are not supported as filename in Windows & some other OS.

Tip:

You may add .pdf in your name if file is not saving as pdf file.

Upvotes: 1

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