Can we display .pdf file in between two html pages in php?

Question

I have two html pages which are converted to pdf. Now I have a pdf file and I want to add it between the two converted html pages .

I have tried converting the pdf to html but the tcpdf doesn't support this conversion of css and js.

Please help me.

There are a few ways to embed pdf in html. You can google it. But if you mena something else please explain more. — mega6382, Oct 25 '17 at 05:14
do you want to display a pdf file or convert a pdf file into html ? — AZinkey, Oct 25 '17 at 05:23
my task is to convert html template to pdf. but i have .pdf file that should be kept in between that template. — Samyam Bhandari, Oct 25 '17 at 05:24
Possible duplicate of [Convert HTML + CSS to PDF with PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/391005/convert-html-css-to-pdf-with-php) — AZinkey, Oct 25 '17 at 05:25
I know once upon a time it was possible to `` a PDF, not sure if browser security still allows this. — Ginger Squirrel, Oct 25 '17 at 15:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 28 '17 at 07:48

use setasign\Fpdi;
require_once('tcpdf_include.php');
require_once('../FPDI/src/autoload.php');
// Original file with multiple pages 
$fullPathToFile = '../sample.pdf';
class Pdf extends Fpdi\TcpdfFpdi{
    var $_tplIdx;
}
$pdf = new pdf('P', 'px', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8', false);
$page1='<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;">
</table>';
$pdf->writeHTMLCell($colWidth,300,$margin,$pagetopmargin,$page1);
$page2='';
$pdf->AddPage();
//$pdf->writeHTMLCell(235,232,495,10,$manageLogo);
$pdf->writeHTMLCell($colWidth,300,$margin,$pagetopmargin,$page2);
// THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE NUMBER OF PAGES
$pdf -> setSourceFile('../sample.pdf');
$temp =$pdf->importPage(1);
$pdf->AddPage();   
$pdf->useTemplate($temp);
$pdf->SetMargins(30, 60, 50, true);
$pdf -> setSourceFile('../sample.pdf');
$temp =$pdf->importPage(2);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->useTemplate($temp ,-4, 30);
$page3=' <h4>Ongoing Rent Payments</h4>
<p>Our preferred payment method for rent is Rental Rewards. (Please note that there is a small convenience fee charged for the use of the system. These fees are charged by a third-party payment processor – Rental Rewards</p> <p>The fees for the convenience of the use of the services are: (must be able to set-up fee at agent level, as there is variation)</p> <ol type="a"  style="margin-left: 20px;">';
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->writeHTMLCell($colWidth,300,$margin,$pagetopmargin-20,$page3);
ob_end_clean();
$pdf->Output('tenancy_application.pdf');

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '17 at 15:59

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PDF needs a pdf reader program installed, so embedding in html is limited by browser/OS support. Normally you can open a pdf file in a browser tab, so opening in an iframe might also work (not tested).

<iframe src="link to pdf"></iframe>

answered Oct 25 '17 at 15:59

Dimitri L.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 26 '17 at 21:22

To embed the PDF within the page you could use pdf.js from Mozilla. This would allow you to use a JavaScript snippet to pull in and render your PDF like so:

// If absolute URL from remote server is provided, configure CORS header on that server.
var url = '//cdn.mozilla.net/pdfjs/helloworld.pdf';

PDFJS.workerSrc = '//mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/build/pdf.worker.js';

// Asynchronous download of PDF
var loadingTask = PDFJS.getDocument(url);
loadingTask.promise.then(function(pdf) {

  // Fetch the first page
  var pageNumber = 1;
  pdf.getPage(pageNumber).then(function(page) {
    // Set scale
    var scale = 1.5;
    var viewport = page.getViewport(scale);

    // Prepare canvas using PDF page dimensions
    var canvas = document.getElementById('the-canvas');
    var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
    canvas.height = viewport.height;
    canvas.width = viewport.width;

    // Render PDF page into canvas context
    var renderContext = {
      canvasContext: context,
      viewport: viewport
    };
    var renderTask = page.render(renderContext);
  });
}, function (reason) {
  console.error(reason);
});

If you wanted to process your PDF upfront, rather than waiting until runtime you could convert it into HTML first by using a file conversion API such as Zamzar. You could use the API to programatically convert from PDF to HMTL (from PHP) and then use that inline.

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