How to use TCPDF to output pdf file in browser without saving like in ezpdf?
Use I for "inline" to send the PDF to the browser, opposed to F to save it as a file.
$pdf->Output('name.pdf', 'I');
This is what I found out in the documentation.
I : send the file inline to the browser (default). The plug-in is used if available. The name given by name is used when one selects the "Save as" option on the link generating the PDF.
D : send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.
F : save to a local server file with the name given by name.
S : return the document as a string (name is ignored).
FI : equivalent to F + I option
FD : equivalent to F + D option
E : return the document as base64 mime multi-part email attachment (RFC 2045)
If You want to open dialogue window in browser to save, not open with PDF browser viewer (I was looking for this solution for a while), You should use 'D':
$pdf->Output('name.pdf', 'D');
Hint - with a saving file:
$pdf->Output('sandbox/pdf/example.pdf', 'F');
Print the PDF header (using header() function) like:
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
and then just echo the content of the PDF file you created (instead of writing it to disk).
I've been using the Output("doc.pdf", "I"); and it doesn't work, I'm always asked for saving the file.
I took a look in documentation and found that
I send the file inline to the browser (default). The plug-in is used if available. The name given by name is used when one selects the "Save as" option on the link generating the PDF.
http://www.tcpdf.org/doc/classTCPDF.html#a3d6dcb62298ec9d42e9125ee2f5b23a1
Then I think you have to use a plugin to print it, otherwise it is going to be downloaded.
It works with I for inline as stated, but also with O.
$pdf->Output('name.pdf', 'O');
It is perhaps easier to remember (O for Open).
$filename= time()."pdf";
//$filelocation = "C://xampp/htdocs/Nilesh/Projects/mkGroup/admin/PDF";
$filelocation = "/pdf uplaod path/";
$fileNL = $filelocation."/".$filename;
$pdf->Output($fileNL,'F');
$pdf->Output($filename, 'S');
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The TCPDF documentation is very useful:
Output( $name = 'doc.pdf', $dest = 'I' )
Send the document to a given destination: string, local file or browser. In the last case, the plug-in may be used (if present) or a download ("Save as" dialog box) may be forced.
The method first calls Close() if necessary to terminate the document.
... very useful indeed. It tells me that what I want is possible, but doesn’t begin to tell me how. Is there any documentation on the various options for $dest, what they are and what they do?
I used tcpdf many times and saved it :). Just check:
I : send the file inline to the browser (default). The plug-in is used if available. The name given by name is used when one selects the "Save as" option on the link generating the PDF.
D : send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.
F : save to a local server file with the name given by name.
S : return the document as a string (name is ignored).
FI : equivalent to F + I option
FD : equivalent to F + D option
E : return the document as base64 mime multi-part email attachment (RFC 2045)
The documentation on the project’s own site is lacking, but the documentation for the Ruby gem has the information we need:
#param string :dest
Destination where to send the document. It can take one of the following values:
I: send the file inline to the browser (default). The plug-in is used if available. The name given by name is used when one selects the “Save as” option on the link generating the PDF.
D: send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.
F: save to a local server file with the name given by name.
S: return the document as a string. name is ignored.
FI: equivalent to F + I option
FD: equivalent to F + D option
So to return it as a string, we want Output('ignored.pdf', 'S');.
How i can show "save as" window, instead of showing generated PDF file (from mdPDF plugin) in browser window ? I try to set- $mpdf->Output($_SESSION['pdf_filename'].'.pdf', 'F');
but its just save the file on folder, not giving me a link.
I assume you are using this mPDF, correct? (Link is for the github page dedicated to the project.)
If so, I believe you need to be using the D parameter for the Output(...) call, not the F parameter. So that would change your output call to the following:
$mpdf->Output($_SESSION['pdf_filename'].'.pdf', 'D');
According to the documentation page about the Output function, the D parameter does the following:
D: send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by $filename.
I am done with generating PDF file using FPDF in php. But the problem is how to open this pdf without the Save As option? I want to display the pdf document in the browser.
http://www.fpdf.org/en/doc/output.htm
Syntax: Output([string name] , string dest) , use I as Destination and fdpf will try to show it in the browser, if browser plugings and so on enable it
You cannot force this display, as it is up to the user to choose to display the PDF inline or systematically save them. I prefer the second option...
Now, there is a JavaScript / HTML 5 project (experimental!) to display PDF without plugin, so perhaps you can try that.
Even when using fpdf passing the output to the browser, I believe its still up to the user if they open or save it.
A solution would be to use some kind of PDF viewer, for example http://view.samurajdata.se/
Try this $pdf->Output('I', 'filename.pdf')
See the reference http://www.fpdf.org/en/doc/output.htm
Set header's content-type to 'application/pdf'. Then, most browsers will try to open it and show in-browser (or at least ask user to save or open file)
Your browser must have pdf plugin installed. If you havent done so install latest version of Acrobat Reader. If you are using fpdf, output the string instead of forcing download
For details
http://www.fpdf.org/en/doc/output.htm
Try echoing the PDF instead to using header function. The header function will force the browser to download. The echo 'might' show the pdf.
My problem with [FPDF] library is the next:
$pdf->Output("doc1.pdf","D");
In the above example I replaced the D with I or S or F the result is always the same: a popup appears to save or open the file.
I want to save it without a popup into a specific directory.
Have you added an header which tells the browser the output is an pdf file?
Try:
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
Just before the output.
maybe use this
$pdf->Output('D:/example2.pdf','F');
F = save to a local file with the name given by name
D:/example2.pdf = dest folder and name of file ,,,,
thats it, save it without a windows popup appears
if you read the documentation at http://www.fpdf.org/es/doc/output.htm
says that dest should be first and the name second, although all of them are optional.
$pdf->Output("D","example2");
you shouldnt name your file .pdf because it will add it when you download it
Make sure you didn't output absolutely nothing before calling the Output (neither a whitespace, tab or anything) or the browser will just go nuts. Pay special attention at your includes, if any.
i am using html2pdf class to generate pdf. in my problem its generate pdf for the html code but it not give the dialog box option to download that pdf. plz help my cose is following.
<?php
ob_start();
include(dirname(__FILE__).'/res/pdf_demo.php');
$content = ob_get_clean();
// conversion HTML => PDF
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../html2pdf.class.php');
try
{
$html2pdf = new HTML2PDF('P','A4', 'fr', false, 'ISO-8859-15');
$html2pdf->pdf->SetDisplayMode('fullpage');
$html2pdf->writeHTML($content, isset($_GET['vuehtml']));
$html2pdf->Output('pdf_demo.pdf');
}
catch(HTML2PDF_exception $e) { echo $e; }
?>
From the documentation, method Output
/**
* Send the document to a given destination: string, local file or browser.
* Dest can be :
* I : send the file inline to the browser (default). The plug-in is used if available. The name given by name is used when one selects the "Save as" option on the link generating the PDF.
* D : send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.
* F : save to a local server file with the name given by name.
* S : return the document as a string. name is ignored.
* FI: equivalent to F + I option
* FD: equivalent to F + D option
* true => I
* false => S
*
Change this line $html2pdf->Output('pdf_demo.pdf'); to
$html2pdf->Output('pdf_demo.pdf', 'D'); and it will force browser to automatically download the pdf file.
Send PDF to browser with a specific name
$html2pdf->Output('document_name.pdf');
$html2pdf->Output('document_name.pdf', false);
$html2pdf->Output('document_name.pdf', '');
$html2pdf->Output('document_name.pdf', 'I');
Force the browser to download the PDF file with a specific name
$html2pdf->Output('document_name.pdf', 'D');
Write the contents of a PDF file on the server
Attention, this writing on your server must be used with caution. No verification is made on the existence of the file
$html2pdf->Output('directory/filename_xxxx.pdf', 'F');
Retrieve the contents of the PDF and then do whatever you want
$content_PDF = $html2pdf->Output('', true);
$content_PDF = $html2pdf->Output('', 'S');
To offer download from your browser u need add the header for being attachment...
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=sample.pdf");
Add the above code at the start of the page and then proceed with the html2pdf conversion..