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David Egan
David Egan

Reputation: 434

Passing a file into browser using header() php

Is it possible using the header() function or perhaps another php function to pass a file to the browser locally?

I am currently using Chrome. I have the Office Editing for Docs extension installed which essentially allows me to open Word docx files locally into my Chrome browser by passing the full directory and file name into the URL address bar of Chrome. This essentially opens the Word file in Chrome. I would like to accomplish this task in php

I have tried the following below but no luck.

header( 'Location: file://c:\users\jbloggs\desktop\test.docx' );

I know the header() function is primarily used for redirecting to a web page

header( 'Location: http://www.google.com' );

Any help much appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 595

Answers (1)

Peter
Peter

Reputation: 1391

It doesn't work this way, because you are trying to redirect from a remote server to a local file path. Chrome doesn't accept this because of security considerations. Note that it doesn't matter whether your web server is running on the same physical machine, it is seen as a separate server from your local file system. You can however accomplish this task using normal HTML:

<a href="file://c:\users\jbloggs\desktop\test.docx">Document</a>

If you save this to a static HTML file and open it in your browser you should upon click be redirected to the document. If you want a direct redirect, use JavaScripts window.location You cannot however serve the file from a HTTP Server, like mentioned above.

If you want to do so, you have to serve the .docx file from your server as well, by including it as static content and then linking to it via HTTP as well.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 1

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