Template for PDF Output

[kixe]

You want to display pdf files as pages in frontend? Go here:

• Create a template file 'showpdf.php'
  

  <?php
  $file = $page->pdf->filename;
  header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
  header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . basename($file).'"');
  header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
  readfile($file);

• Create field 'pdf' of type file and add it to your template.
• Create a page using the template 'showpdf.php'
• Add pdf to page field 'pdf'. Done.

To get save option instead of display use 'attachment' instead of 'inline' like

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file).'"');

Edited April 12, 2015 by kixe

[kongondo]

Thx for this Kixe.Looks like a tutorial to me. Shall I move it there? 

[SiNNuT]

Nice! The latest additions to the dev branch add support for content types on the template level. http://processwire.com/blog/posts/processwire-core-updates-2.5.26/#content-type-support-added-to-templates

[adrian]

Just a thought on this. It looks like this will result in URLs like: mysite.com/documents/mydocument/ that will directly display a PDF. Correct?

Maybe it's just me, but I always like to know when I am about to open up a PDF - it gives me the option to save instead, or open in a new tab, or decide not to open because I am on mobile don't want to wait for a potentially huge PDF file to open. Maybe this is becoming less of an issue now that browsers are directly rendering PDFs themselves, or sites are using mozilla's pdf.js etc.

Anyway, just my two cents worth

PS, given that you are using a file field, shouldn't:

$file= $page->pdf;

be:

$file= $page->pdf->url;

[kixe]

be:

$file= $page->pdf->url;

Thanks Adrian,

finally it should be:

$file = $page->pdf->filename;

It doesn't work with url here. Don't know why? Got it: readfile() needs fullpath!

Added filesize-header. To force download it should be 'attachment' instead of 'inline'

<?php
$file = $page->pdf->filename;
header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file).'"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);

Edited April 12, 2015 by kixe

[adrian]

Sorry about that - yes url won't work because you need full path

[kixe]

Thx for this Kixe.Looks like a tutorial to me. Shall I move it there? 

@kongondo

Since it works proper now, please move it. Thanks.

Edited April 13, 2015 by LostKobrakai
Moved it