Symfony - BinaryFileResponse returns a ResponseHeader, but no file

Question

currently trying to serve a static PDF file that is not within the web directory ($reasons).

I applied

$filepath = $this->getTargetFile($level, $name);

$response = new BinaryFileResponse($filepath);
$response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/pdf');
$response->setContentDisposition(
    ResponseHeaderBag::DISPOSITION_INLINE,
    $filename
);
return $response;

and Profiler shows that there is a Response with correct headers, but there is no document view and no download prompt whatsoever. Is there something I am missing?

/** Get target file */
public function getTargetFile($level, $name)
{
    return $this->kernel->locateResource($staticPath . $level . '/' . $name);
}

`$filepath` was correct, yes. I think the problem was that there was no actual environment for the received data to be parsed into (i.e. no browser-based PDF reader), and in the end I had to override that manually via Javascript. — Leon Willens, Nov 10 '16 at 14:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Some nerves were spent, but:

I created a form via JavaScript and submitted the needed parameters into a new window (thanks to this), that made the job. If anyone has a "cleaner" solution, I'm open to suggestions :)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Nov 10 '16 at 11:28

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Symfony - BinaryFileResponse returns a ResponseHeader, but no file

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