Open PDF in new Tab ( Javascript ) when getting data through curl

Question

I have a question. I have a url for Phantomjs which generates a PDF. But I want to generate the PDF on Serverside.

<script> $("#generatePDF").click(function(){
        var fullLink = "<? echo $link ?>"
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "/php/ajax/generatepdf.php?",
            data: {link : fullLink}
        }).done( function(data){
            window.open(data);
        } );
    }); </script>

This is where I send the data to the generatepdf.php

The link generates a PDF with Phantom.JS

Now I do the following in the generatepdf.php

 $link = $_POST['link'];
 CurlConnect = curl_init();
 curl_setopt($CurlConnect, CURLOPT_URL, $link);
 curl_setopt($CurlConnect, CURLOPT_POST,   1);
 curl_setopt($CurlConnect, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0 );
 $Result = curl_exec($CurlConnect);
 echo $Result;

My question: How can I open a PDF in a new tab with the stuff from the phantom.js result?

I hope you understand my question.

Best Regards.

What library or tool are you using in generatepdf.php to generate PDF ??? — Mansoor Jafar
– Mansoor Jafar, Commented May 22, 2015 at 12:04

Kbi · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-26 09:25:20Z

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Ok i got another solution. I just linked to the php page and the PHP page got the PDF content. Plus I had to change the header to application pdf

answered May 26, 2015 at 9:25

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Mansoor Jafar · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-22 12:12:06Z

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Instead using CURL and all that stuff simply hit the $link of php file in new tab.. (If the file is actually generating PDF)

window.open('Link which generates the PDF');

answered May 22, 2015 at 12:12

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Kbi Over a year ago

Yeah thats what I was doing before but I want to generate the PDF on serverside. So I give the link to php and there it should be generated and given back to javascript

Mansoor Jafar Over a year ago

It depends on the logic. What are you using in php for PDF? are you using TCPDF or MPDF like libraries?

Kbi Over a year ago

Its just a URL to phantom.js

Mansoor Jafar Over a year ago

Then I guess you need to store generated PDF somewhere on the server and same hit the `path' of the stored PDF, :P

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