Display .docx (.doc) on Browser without downloading in php

Question

Is there any alternative way of viewing a file(locally/online) in PHP? Since I want to display a .docx (.doc) file in my browser but it keeps on downlo

Answer 1

After a lot research i found a best solution to display almost every type of document in browser using iframe.

Solution is Google Docs Viewer

Just use iframe as given below and replace url of document in it.

<iframe src='https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=ENTER URL OF YOUR DOCUMENT HERE&embedded=true' frameborder='0'></iframe>

By Replacing sample url for .docx file, above code becomes.

<iframe src='https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/demos/demo.docx&embedded=true' frameborder='0'></iframe>

By Replacing sample url for .pdf file, above code becomes.

<iframe src='https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf&embedded=true' frameborder='0'></iframe>

Note: Document that you need to display in browser must have correct url and must be publicly available, because Google needs to fetch and display document, process fails if document is private and you will see iframe with NO PREVIEW AVAILABLE