Re: FN-FORUM: PHP/PDF problem

date posted 10th January 2004 13:33

> Hypothesis: When you click on the link the browser does a GET.
> When it starts getting stuff back it decides yes indeedy it is a PDF
> and it needs to open up Acrobat. Then Acrobat does its own GET
> of the data. That's why you only get one hit if you close Acrobat
> immediately.

Aye - I'm thinking along those lines too. But it struck me as madness hence
me posting to the group for a sanity check ;)

> I assume this is Inertnet Exploiter at work - I wonder
> if other browsers operate in the same way.

Good point. Will try. Have found logs now too so will sniff around in a bit.

Ta,

Andy