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phppdfpdf-viewer

Show pdf file into browser without Adobe Reader

I need to open pdf file into browser without Adobe Reader. Is there any API with php which open PDF files into browser.

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Solution

  • You can use SWFTools to convert PDFs to Flash. But SWFTools default skins are not looking good at all, so you can check Flexpaper as a viewer. In case you are going to make your own skin, then could be useful to read: SWFTools (pdf2swf) to properly work with Flex

    Another solution is pdf.js (as Quentin point out), but AFAIR this script was not usable(back then, when I looked for) for PDFs with complex structures (complex gradients for example).

    If you need to publish documents as "private" you should look at services as Issuu or you will have to protect files from downloading.