Cannot open local file - Chrome: Not allowed to load local resource

Question

Test browser: Version of Chrome: 52.0.2743.116

It is a simple javascript that is to open an image file from local like \'C:\\002.jpg\'

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Answer 1

This solution worked for me in PHP. It opens the PDF in the browser.

// $path is the path to the pdf file
public function showPDF($path) {
    if($path) {
        header("Content-type: application/pdf");
        header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=filename.pdf");
        @readfile($path);
    }
}