pdf download button not working in php

Question

I have got an ebooks table in the database where path of pdf is defined.What I want is, when a user clicks on the download button, pdf get download.But the download button is not working and I'm also not getting any error from Php.Please help! Thank you.

Code:

<div id="data">
        <?php 
        if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

                        $title  = $_POST['title'];
                        $name  = $_POST['name'];
                        $count = 1;

                        $query = "SELECT * FROM ebooks WHERE $title LIKE '%".$name."%'";
                        $display =  $obj->run_query($query);
        ?>

        <div class="table-responsive">
            <table class="table table-bordered">
                <thead>
                    <tr align="center">
                        <td>No.</td>
                        <td>Title</td>
                        <td>Author</td>
                        <td>Publication</td>
                        <td>Status</td>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <?php

                        foreach ($display as $key) { ?>

                    <tr align="center">
                        <td><?php echo $count++;?></td>
                        <td><?php echo $key['ebook_title'];?></td>
                        <td><?php echo $key['ebook_author'];?></td>
                        <td><?php echo $key['ebook_publication'];?></td>
                        <td><a style="color:white;" href="/admin/ebooks/<?php echo $key['ebook_url'];?>" class="btn btn-round btn-primary">Download</a></td>
                    </tr>
                    <?php } ?>

                </tbody>
            </table>
        </div>

        <?php } ?>
    </div>
</div>

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '16 at 10:48

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You have to add download before ending of anchor tag try this :

<a style="color:white;" href="/admin/ebooks/<?php echo $key['ebook_url'];?>" class="btn btn-round btn-primary" download>Download</a>

answered Mar 25 '16 at 10:48

kunicmarko20

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Check if URL of download button is what it has to be, this should work. – kunicmarko20 Mar 25 '16 at 10:53
Yeah URL is also the same where this ebook resides @Marko Kunic – Aisha Salman Mar 25 '16 at 10:58
Does it open your pdf in browser ? or just nothing – kunicmarko20 Mar 25 '16 at 11:01
No nothing happens when I click on button @Marko kunic – Aisha Salman Mar 25 '16 at 11:04
Then again, your url is not good, it should at least open the pdf in your browser, take value from href and try to open it without button and you can check this maybe `http://stackoverflow.com/a/925867/5258172` but the url is problem. – kunicmarko20 Mar 25 '16 at 11:05
try with absolute path – kunicmarko20 Mar 25 '16 at 11:10
Yeah, I've also tried that. It's opening when I give this path directly to browser but no luck with this button ..... @Marko Kunic – Aisha Salman Mar 25 '16 at 11:14
Just tested download of .pdf with relative path, just added download to end of anchor and it is working. – kunicmarko20 Mar 25 '16 at 11:20
`Download` I just added pdf to folder and it downloaded it. – kunicmarko20 Mar 25 '16 at 11:25
ok.Don't know why it's not working with my tag :/ @Marko Kunic – Aisha Salman Mar 25 '16 at 11:27
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You can alternatively use: http://stackoverflow.com/a/364950/926943 - that's a full-proof way and will work for all browsers. :-) – Himel Nag Rana Mar 25 '16 at 12:51
Can you show me how to embed this code in my Html, please? @HimelNagRana – Aisha Salman Mar 26 '16 at 10:21
I've changed it like this: Download but still nothing happened! @HimelNagRana – Aisha Salman Mar 26 '16 at 10:35
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@AishaSalman, In the HREF section of your anchor link you have used "pdf_server?". Are you using any framework? If not - you have to specify a server side script there. The most important part is: header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Type: application/download"); header("Content-Description: File Transfer"); header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file)); The headers actually directs the browser on what to do. I hope this may help. Thanks. – Himel Nag Rana Mar 28 '16 at 04:10

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