How can I display a PDF file on screen?

[DeX]

I have a job management portal which I built and it allows my client to create PDF files of quotes for their customers. They send their customer a link (token based URL) so their customers can click the link and view the quote. I want to serve up the PDF file on screen for their customer to view, how can I do this? Each time I attempt it, Chrome asks me if I would like to download the file. I just want to view it without the customer having a direct link to it.

[Jacques1]

The easiest option is to send the appropriate content type with header() and then show the file content with readfile().

<?php

header('Content-Type: application/pdf');

readfile('/path/to/pdf');

A more sophisticated and efficient approach is to delegate the file transfer to the webserver:

• mod_xsendfile for Apache
• X-Accel for nginx

[DeX]

You were right, that worked perfectly. Thank you!