How can I view/open a word document in my browser using with PHP or HTML

Question

How can I open and view a .doc file extension in my browser? The file is located on my server.

Answer 1

$file = "$file_name.doc";
$len = filesize($file); // Calculate File Size
ob_clean();
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: public"); 
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Type:application/zip"); // Send type of file
$header="Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$patient_name.zip;"; // Send File Name
header($header );
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".$len); // Send File Size
@readfile($file);