Open PDF in a new tab using dompdf

Question

Im trying to generate pdf using dompdf, how can I open the pdf in a new tab in a browser? Like, I Click A link for the PDF and it should open in a new tab, not save it autom

Answer 1

Whether a PDF is downloaded or viewed in the browser depends on a couple of factors. One is your browser settings, but we have no control there. The second is how dompdf present the PDF to the browser. You can tell dompdf to offer the PDF for direct viewing using $dompdf->stream('my.pdf',array('Attachment'=>0));.

As far as opening in a new tab. That depends on how you are generating the PDF. But the simplest way it to provide a link with a target attribute.

Answer 2

Am still experimenting, but something like this works fine as well

$pdf->loadView('file/path', compact('values'));
return $pdf->stream();

With this you can add dynamic values to your pdf file page within the browser.

Answer 3

Well that you can do with the ->stream(); at the end of the chain.

Example:

//Routes  (web.php in case laravel version >= 5.4)
Route::get('/pdf', 'PdfController@pdfStream')->name('pdfStream');

//PdfController.php
public function pdfStream(Request $request) {
   $data["info"] = "I is usefull!";
   $pdf = PDF::loadView('whateveryourviewname', $data);
   return $pdf->stream('whateveryourviewname.pdf');
}

//yourViewPage.blade.php
<a href="{{route("pdfStream")}}" target="_blank" > click me to pdf </a>

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Answer 4

I don't know if you got, but if you use false in this line:

$dompdf-> stream("pasta/doc/relatorio.pdf", array("Attachment" => false));

You can see the pdf in the browser.

Answer 5

I have a same problem into my site (http://www.pdfwebcreator.com)

My solution is:

    $myfile = fopen($strFileName, "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
    $fileSize = filesize($strFileName);
    header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
    header("Pragma: public");
    header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");

    header("Cache-Control: private", false);

    header("Content-type: application/pdf");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"temporaryPdf.pdf\""); 

    header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
    header("Content-Length: " . $fileSize);

    echo fread($myfile, $fileSize);
}