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Is there any way to display pdf generated using mpdf inline in mobile browsers?

I went through mpdf documentation and tried destination option mpdf->output('filename.pdf','I'). It works pretty well across every browser in desktop except IE and doesn't work in mobile-browsers like Firefox, Chrome etc. It starts downloading automatically instead of displaying inline in IE in desktop and all mobile browsers.

Anyways to handle this?

Vishwas R
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  • https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/cant-view-pdf-web.html ? – E_p Sep 01 '17 at 22:20
  • Based on library code, looks like a client side issue. As there are no any browser specific headers that it sets. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mpdf/mpdf/development/src/Mpdf.php. Search for `case Destination::INLINE:` – E_p Sep 01 '17 at 22:24

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I stumbled upon this StackOverflow post. You can also try Google embeddable PDF Viewer

As per the blog:

Google Docs offers an undocumented feature that lets you embed PDF files and PowerPoint presentations in a web page. The files don't have to be uploaded to Google Docs, but they need to be available online.

Rishabh Rajgarhia
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    Rishabh, I tried this and works pretty well in my case without using third-party library. Thanks for the suggestion and the stackoverflow post. – Vishwas R Sep 13 '17 at 06:06
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based on documentation :
I: send the file inline to the browser. The plug-in is used if available. The name given by $filename is used when one selects the “Save as” option on the link generating the PDF.

You need plug-in installed on your browser to embed the PDF document (Desktop and Mobile). If your browser doesn't has PDF Viewer plug-in, PDF document will be downloaded automatically.

You can use Javascript plugin such as pdfJs to embed your PDF document in cross browsers.

Muhammad Faisal Alfaruqi
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  • Muhammad, I have already tried pdfJS, ViewerJS and it works well with it. I was wondering if it can be achieved with mpdf itself! – Vishwas R Sep 08 '17 at 08:42