Display pdf file from local disk in Laravel 5?

Question

I have a Laravel 5.5 app where users with administrator privileges can upload files. After they upload the files I\'d like them to be able to view the file in the administra

Answer 1

If you want your files to be protected (only admin can access them), then you need to create a new route and new DocumentController method getDocument

Add new route

Route::get('documents/pdf-document/{id}', 'DocumentController@getDocument');

In DocumentController, add

use Storage;
use Response;

Add new method that will read your pdf file from the storage and return it back

public function getDocument($id)
{
    $document = Document::findOrFail($id);

    $filePath = $document->file_path;

    // file not found
    if( ! Storage::exists($filePath) ) {
      abort(404);
    }

    $pdfContent = Storage::get($filePath);

    // for pdf, it will be 'application/pdf'
    $type       = Storage::mimeType($filePath);
    $fileName   = Storage::name($filePath);

    return Response::make($pdfContent, 200, [
      'Content-Type'        => $type,
      'Content-Disposition' => 'inline; filename="'.$fileName.'"'
    ]);
}

In your view you can show the document like this

<embed
    src="{{ action('DocumentController@getDocument', ['id'=> $document->id]) }}"
    style="width:600px; height:800px;"
    frameborder="0"
>

Answer 2

<embed
src="{{ url('/filepath') }}"
style="width:600px; height:800px;"
frameborder="0">

Answer 3

Shorter version of that Response::make() from @ljubadr answer:

return Storage::response($document->file_path)