public function fddAction() { // get attachment location $attachment_location = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/pdf/fdd/sample.pdf";
if (file_exists($attachment_location)) { // attachment exists
// send open pdf dialog to user header('Cache-Control: public'); // needed for i.e. header('Content-Type: application/pdf'); header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="sample.pdf"'); readfile($attachment_location); die(); // stop execution of further script because we are only outputting the pdf