How to open PDF online using laravel 5.2? -

if clicked link url : website.com/open/pdf/document_one_drag_3.pdf, open pdf in browser instead of download. code in route.php

route::get('/open/pdf/{filename}', function($filename) {     // check if file exists in app/storage/file folder     $file_path = public_path('uploads/docs/'.$filename);     if (file_exists($file_path))     {         return response::make(file_get_contents($file_path), 200, [             'content-type' => 'application/pdf',             'content-disposition' => 'inline; '.$filename,         ]);     }     else     {         // error         exit('requested file not exist on our server!');     } }); 

the pdf file still downloading , not opened in browser. wrong ?

considering laravel 5.2, download method may used generate response forces user's browser download file @ given path.

 $pathtofile = public_path(). "/download/filename.pdf";  return response()->download($pathtofile); 

the download method accepts file name second argument method, determine file name seen user downloading file. finally, may pass array of http headers third argument method:

 return response()->download($pathtofile, $name, $headers); 

so, may use

    $headers = ['content-type' => 'application/pdf']; 

as third parameter.

this information might useful too:

note: symfony httpfoundation, manages file downloads, requires file being downloaded have ascii file name.

l5.2 documentation

to open in browser

<a  href="{{url('/your/path/to/pdf/')}}" target="_blank" >my pdf </a>