I'm trying to display by jquery load() a dynamically generated PDF created by PHP with FPDFlib on a div but what I get is a jam of chars. Is there a way to resolve it?
thanks in advance
I've tried to correct my code in this way but continue to display jam
$.post("./php/stampa_login.php",
{piatta:'<? echo $_POST["piatta"] ?>'},
function(data){
$("#stampa_content").load("./temp/login.pdf")
});
ciao
h.
That seems to be correct. jQuery's load() fetches an URL through AJAX; if that URL is PDF, it appears as "jam of chars" to the browser, as PDF and HTML aren't compatible at all, the formats are completely different.
What you probably want is to open the PDF as an <object>, but then you're hoping that the user has some PDF plugin installed in their browser. Let's take a step back: what are you trying to achieve here, by displaying a PDF?
You can create a blank embed tag and give src attribute as link. in your call back function. This will load the pdf file perfectly.
$("#embed_tag_id").attr("src", "./temp/login.pdf");
Instead of using $("#whatever").load();
You'll want something like this:
$("#stampa_content").html ($("<object>", {
data : "./temp/login.pdf",
type : "application/pdf",
width : 800,
height : 600
}));
What that will do is instead of trying to load the contents of the PDF into a DIV, it will create an <object> block that will start up your PDF reader (such as Adobe Reader) which will then load the PDF itself and display it.
ya, seems to be an output issue. Have you tried header function to output it correctly ? try for proper output or instead of opening the pdf in div, just update the pdf's link there
