How to view any kind of document file in my view in laravel

Question

If i want to view pdf, docx, doc, zip rar and others document in same view page. what should i do?

description: If user upload a pdf file its need to show pdf and if user upload a doc file its need to show doc. any solution please.

My view

@if($status->type == 1)
      <a href="{{ $status->image_url }}"></a>
         <img src="{{asset('status_images/'.$status->image_url)}}" class="img-responsive" style="width:100%;">

     @endif

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 31 '20 at 17:14

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You can use iframes to preview documents in your page. Simply provide the source of the document in the iframe src. You can use this method to preview pdf and document files. Now, Since browsers directly do not have integrated viewers for documents, you can use https://view.officeapps.live.com to preview Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document (as per the website). So, you can simply

 @if(upload is image)
   <img src="{{image url}}"/>
 @elseif(upload is pdf)
   <iframe src="{{pdf url}}" frameborder="0" style="width:100%;min-height:640px;"></iframe>
 @elseif(upload is document)
   <iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src={{urlendoe(doc url)}}" frameborder="0" style="width:100%;min-height:640px;"></iframe>
 @else
   //manage things here
 @endif

If you want to preview zip and RAR files, check this out In PHP is it possible to inspect the content of a Zip file without extracting its content first? . I personally have not used this, but, yeah this might help.

edited May 31 '20 at 17:14

Mohamed Mo Kawsara

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answered Jul 29 '16 at 22:42

Wdy Dev

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@Shuvo you dont need any configuration or services for it to work. Check if your urls are correct. – Wdy Dev Jul 30 '16 at 12:00
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My path is status_docx i used itlike this but it still look like a white space. i am using local host. is it possible to view form local host??? – Shuvo Jul 31 '16 at 02:41
How can i remove the download and other option forms it in view? – always-a-learner May 15 '20 at 10:56
The function name is urlencode() not urlendoe() – Waseem Alhabash Sep 11 '22 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 20:34

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You can see PDF or image files with the integrated viewer that has the web browsers, but you can't do this with all formats. Some formats, like zip, rar,... must be downloaded to the desktop, tablet or mobile phone and viewed with the corresponding program.

answered Jul 29 '16 at 20:34

Jesús Amieiro

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How can i use integrated viewer?? – Shuvo Jul 29 '16 at 21:03
The integrated viewer is integrated and it depends on your web browser (or your end user web browser), so you can't rely on an integrated viewer that can change from one web browser to another (v.gr. from Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge). – Jesús Amieiro Jul 29 '16 at 23:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 24 '20 at 08:49

<iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src={{url("https://file-examples.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/file-sample_100kB.doc")}}" frameborder="0" style="width: 62%; min-height: 562px;"></iframe>

Offical office live helps to render files in iframe.
Above is the example to render dummy doc file.
Don't forget to use a live url for document instead of local
Copy paste & you are good to go.

How to view any kind of document file in my view in laravel

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