Showing docx without page refresh - php

Question

I am curious to know that is it possible to show a docx file (which is available on server) inside a div without refreshing that page (using google doc viewer API or any other possible way).
Let me clear my requirement:-
HTML+JQUERY code:
<div class="browse-flie col-md-7">
<div class="alert alert-danger" style = "display:none;"></div>
<input type="file" id="uploaddocfile">
<button name="upload" value="Upload" class="btn EditBtn uplaod_file">Upload</button>
</div>
<div id = "myid" style = "height:500px;width:600px;"></div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('.uplaod_file').on('click', function() {
var file_data = $('#uploaddocfile').prop('files')[0];
var ext = file_data.name.split('.').pop();
if(ext == 'docx'){
var form_data = new FormData();
form_data.append('file', file_data);
$.ajax({
url: 'upload.php', // point to server-side PHP script
dataType: 'text', // what to expect back from the PHP script, if anything
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
data: form_data,
type: 'post',
success: function(php_script_response){
var response = $.parseJSON(php_script_response);
if(response.status == 'error'){
$('.alert-danger').css({'display':'block'});
$('.alert-danger').html('file upload failed please try again');
}
if(response.status == 'success'){
$('#myid').html("http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://loalhost:8888/Grade/uploads/IEP Form-1.docx&embedded=true");
}
}
});
}else{
$('.alert-danger').css({'display':'block'});
$('.alert-danger').html('file extension must be docx'); return false;
}
});
</script>
PHP code:
<?php
// A list of permitted file extensions
$allowed = array('docx');
//echo "<pre/>";print_r($_FILES); die;
if(isset($_FILES['file']) && $_FILES['file']['error'] == 0){
$extension = pathinfo($_FILES['file']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
if(!in_array(strtolower($extension), $allowed)){
echo '{"status":"error"}';
exit;
}
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], 'uploads/'.$_FILES['file']['name'])){
echo '{"status":"success"}';
exit;
}
}
echo '{"status":"error"}';
exit;
Now:
I have simple file upload code through jquery and php (working perfectly fine).
Now what I want is, after upload file when it comes success as a response then I want to show a doc file using API to my <div id = "myid" style = "height:500px;width:600px;"></div> (without refresh)
So what I tried:
$('#myid').html("http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://loalhost:8888/Grade/uploads/IEP Form-1.docx&embedded=true");
(link changed for security reason but docx is available on server and I am able to open it directly)
But obviously it's not going to work.
So how can I do that?

Answer 1

Normally you'd do :
if(response.status == 'success'){
$('#myid').load("http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://loalhost:8888/Grade/uploads/IEP Form-1.docx&embedded=true");
}
Instead of .html (which does something else).
However it's unlikely to work because the document you are accessing is not one that is managed by GoogleDocs (there may be cross-origin issues), so make sure you're allowing remote requests from Google to be made.
Instead you could try
if(response.status == 'success'){
$('#myid').html("<iframe src=\"http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://loalhost:8888/Grade/uploads/IEP Form-1.docx&embedded=true\"></iframe>");
}
In case Google allows embedding of gview in iframes (though they may not).