Laravel - display a PDF file in storage without forcing download?

Question

I have a PDF file stored in app/storage/, and I want authenticated users to be able to view this file. I know that I can make them download it using

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Answer 1

Ben Swinburne answer was so helpful.

The code below is for those who have their PDF file in database like me.

$pdf = DB::table('exportfiles')->select('pdf')->where('user_id', $user_id)->first();

return Response::make(base64_decode( $pdf->pdf), 200, [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/pdf',
    'Content-Disposition' => 'inline; filename="'.$filename.'"',
]);

Where $pdf->pdf is the file column in database.

Answer 2

I am using Laravel 5.4 and response()->file('path/to/file.ext') to open e.g. a pdf in inline-mode in browsers. This works quite well, but when a user wants to save the file, the save-dialog suggests the last part of the url as filename.

I already tried adding a headers-array like mentioned in the Laravel-docs, but this doesn't seem to override the header set by the file()-method:

return response()->file('path/to/file.ext', [
  'Content-Disposition' => 'inline; filename="'. $fileNameFromDb .'"'
]);

Answer 3

Laravel 5.6.*

$name = 'file.jpg';

store on image or pdf

$file->storeAs('public/', $name );

download image or pdf

return response()->download($name);

view image or pdf

return response()->file($name);

Answer 4

Retrieve File name first then in Blade file use anchor(a) tag like below shown. This would works for image view also.

<a href="{{ asset('storage/admission-document-uploads/' . $filename) }}" target="_black"> view Pdf </a>;