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Hi friends,
I want to go to previous page from a pdf document page using php. I already used the following code.

<a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>

It only works on the web pages but it doesn't work in pdf document.

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A PDF document is displayed by a plugin in the browser. It's not possible to control these with Javascript.

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As workaround you can use an iframe to display the pdf and place the history.back link in the page, something like:

<html>
<head><title>go back</title></head>
<body>
    <p><a href="javascript:history.go(-1)">prev</a></p>
    <iframe width="900px" height="600px" frameborder="0" src="view.html" />
</body>
</html>

and in the view.html you place an object tag or a plugin as suggested by pritaeas:

<object width="850px" height="550px" type="application/pdf" data="/pdf/pdf_to_display.pdf"></object>
EDIT

well, I did a test.. you don't even need the iframe, just use:

<html>
<head><title>go back</title></head>
<body>
    <p><a href="javascript:history.go(-1)">prev</a></p>
    <object width="850px" height="550px" type="application/pdf" data="/pdf/pdf_to_display.pdf"></object>
</body>
</html>

bye!

Edited by cereal
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