Download pdf file in browser Chrome com mPdf

Hello friends!

I implemented the mPdf librarie in my project, including with the help of the staff here at the forum. The problem is that I am not able to download the pdf file through the Chrome browser. I generate the pdf with the library but when I click download the file in Chrome the file is not downloaded and a message is displayed that there is a problem with the server. In other browsers, Firefox and Edge the file is downloaded normally! Android also doesn't download.


I took a look at the CodeIgniter documentation and tried several ways to force the download of the pdf file, but without success!

In the controller, I'm calling by doing this:


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PHP Code:

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$pdf = $mpdf->Output('my-file.pdf', 'I')->setContentType('application/pdf');

return $pdf; 


Do I need to do anything else to be able to download the file through the browser Chrome?

The version of mPdf is 8.0.

I thank you in advance for any and all help.

Have you tried this?

PHP Code:

$pdf = $mpdf->Output('my-file.pdf', 'D')->setContentType('application/pdf'); 


And you should not use the return $pdf; part. As it should output to your browser, so just deleting that may help as well.

Have you tried this?

PHP Code:

$pdf = $mpdf->Output('my-file.pdf', 'D')->setContentType('application/pdf'); 


And you should not use the return $pdf; part. As it should output to your browser, so just deleting that may help as well.

Hello jreklund, thanks for the help!

I had already tried it that way, but it returns ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE

PHP Code:

return $mpdf->Output('my-file.pdf', 'D'); 


This way the file is downloaded in Chrome, but not on Android!