Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 21:29 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Nigel Henry
> <cave.dnb2m97pp(a)aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>
>> I was trying to read an online tool catalogue, and noticed a PDF button at the
>> bottom of the webpage. Clicked on it, and it opened the dialog box to
>> download. What has been downloaded though is a .php script (27.3MB).
>>
>> The properties shows that it contains a pdf document, but I've no idea how
to
>> run it, open it, or whatever needs to be done, to get to see the PDF.
>>
>> Any suggestions folks.
>>
> Try to rename it:
> mv FILE_NAME.php FILE_NAME.pdf
> and open it with Evince
> Athmane Madjoudj
>
No need to rename it, just run
$ evince FILE_NAME.php
Of course
$ file FILE_NAME.php
will always give you a reasonable guess about what the file format
really is.
jon
What you may have is a PHP page that contains a link to, or an embedded,
PDF document.
Open the file with a text editor and see if you get PHP code. If you do,
then just extract the PDF or the link.
If you can't read it, you may just have a PDF file with the wrong
extension and just have to rename it.
If the renamed file does not open with a PDF reader, you probably have a
compiled PHP file (used to secure PHP pages as it purportedly prevents
people from pilfering PHP products <deep breath>). In this case you will
have to view the file in a browser and hope it doesn't contain anything
malicious. Do it as an unprivileged user to be safe.
Cheers,
--
Paul