Is there a way to force PDF files to open in the browser when the option "Display PDF in browser" is unchecked?
I tried using the embed tag and an iframe, but it only works when that option is checked.
What can I do?
Here filename is optional, but if provided, it will take this name for the downloaded file.
EDIT
I know this is the opposite of what the question asked. I am keeping the opposite answer for those [like me] who came searching for the opposite question [Evidence: this answer has more upvotes then downvotes]
answered Oct 1, 2014 at 10:00
AkshayAkshay
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I had the same issue and most of the above answers should resolve your issue. Unfortunately, even if i was receiving the content-type & content-disposition headers in the response but still my pdf was being downloaded rather than viewed. After brainstorming and trying for many hours.
The Culprit was firefox, well in a way it was me. Nervous Laughter
By default, when you open a pdf file in firefox, it will provide you with a popup to either save the pdf file or to open it directly and there is also a check box which says do this action automatically from now on and guess who selected it.
Due to this mistake, my pdf was being downloaded rather than viewed, even if had all the required headers in response. This is a simple mistake but cost me a good amount of time.
To resolve this, just go to settings and search for applications and change pdf setting to whatever you need.
answered Jun 7, 2021 at 5:15
Ashfaq nisarAshfaq nisar
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This is for ASP.NET MVC
In your cshtml page:
@Model.Name
Your browser does not support viewing PDFs, click on the link above to download the document.
In your controller:
public ActionResult Download[Guid id]
{
if [id == Guid.Empty]
return null;
var model = GetModel[id];
return File[model.FilePath, "application/pdf", model.FileName];
}
public FileStreamResult View[Guid id]
{
if [id == Guid.Empty]
return null;
var model = GetModel[id];
FileStream fs = new FileStream[model.FilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read];
return File[fs, "application/pdf"];
}
answered Nov 29, 2016 at 11:05
Open PDF
If the PDF file is inside some folder and that folder doesn't have permission to access files in that folder directly then you have to bypass some file access restrictions using .htaccess file setting by this way:
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
But now allow just certain necessary files.
I have used this code and it worked perfectly.
answered Nov 9, 2012 at 10:33
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Open downloads.php from rootfile.
Then go to line 186 and change it to the following:
if[preg_match["/\.jpg|\.gif|\.png|\.jpeg/i", $name]]{
$mime = getimagesize[$download_location];
if[!empty[$mime]] {
header["Content-Type: {$mime['mime']}"];
}
}
elseif[preg_match["/\.pdf/i", $name]]{
header["Content-Type: application/force-download"];
header["Content-type: application/pdf"];
header["Content-Disposition: inline; filename=\"".$name."\";"];
}
else{
header["Content-Type: application/force-download"];
header["Content-type: application/octet-stream"];
header["Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$name."\";"];
}
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answered Nov 12, 2014 at 14:29
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Here is another method of forcing a file to view in the browser in PHP:
$extension = pathinfo[$file_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION];
$url = 'uploads/'.$file_name;
echo ''
.header['Content-Type: application/'.$extension].'
'
.header['Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$file_name.'"'].'
'
.''
.'
'
.''
. '';
answered Feb 25, 2015 at 11:15
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If you link to a .PDF it will open in the browser.
If the box is unchecked it should link to a .zip to force the
download.
If a .zip is not an option, then use headers in PHP to force the download
header['Content-Type: application/force-download'];
header['Content-Description: File Transfer'];
answered Jun 9, 2011 at 13:56
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