How to display pdf in php

Question

I\'m trying to display a pdf file in php, I used:

Answer 1

There are quite a few options that can be used: (both tested).

Here are two ways.

header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=filename.pdf");
@readfile('path\to\filename.pdf');

or: (note the escaped double-quotes). The same need to be use when assigning a name to it.

";

?>

I.e.: name="myiframe" id="myiframe"

would need to be changed to:

name=\"myiframe\" id=\"myiframe\" inside PHP.

Be sure to have a look at: this answer on SO for more options on the subject.

Footnote: There are known issues when trying to view PDF files in Windows 8. Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader is a better method to view these types of documents if no browser plug-ins are installed.