How to redirect after download?

Question

I have below function to download a pdf file

public function download($id) {
        $detail = pesanmakam::findOrFail($id);
        $name = date('YmdHis') . ".pdf";
        $data = PDF::loadView('guest/log/pdf', compact('detail'))->setPaper('a4')->setWarnings(false)->save('myfile.pdf');
        return $data->download($name);
    }

above download function works fine but it's just stay on the same page. Is it possible to redirect it to another page after the download succeed?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25624927/how-do-i-redirect-after-download-in-laravel follow this url this will help you , i think — Kuldeep Mishra, Sep 13 '17 at 09:09
Possible duplicate of [PHP generate file for download then redirect](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/822707/php-generate-file-for-download-then-redirect) — Ben Swinburne, Sep 13 '17 at 09:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '17 at 09:12

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You can't because forcing download file is made with HTTP header and redirection is based on the same. So you can't do both at the same time.

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answered Sep 13 '17 at 09:12

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '17 at 09:11

Read it

public function download($id) {
        $detail = pesanmakam::findOrFail($id);
        $name = date('YmdHis') . ".pdf";
        $data = PDF::loadView('guest/log/pdf', compact('detail'))->setPaper('a4')->setWarnings(false)->save('myfile.pdf');
       // return $data->download($name);
        return Redirect::to($url);//$url > where u want to go
    }

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 13 '17 at 09:12

Paste the following line just after the function call

header('Location: http://www.example.com/');

suppose you called function like

$down = download(10);
//then just below it write like
header('Location: http://www.example.com/');

instead of http://www.example.com put the page url where you want to redirect after download.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 13 '17 at 09:13

Try this:

public function download($id) {
        $detail = pesanmakam::findOrFail($id);
        $name = date('YmdHis') . ".pdf";
        $data = PDF::loadView('guest/log/pdf', compact('detail'))->setPaper('a4')->setWarnings(false)->save('myfile.pdf');
        $data->save('folder_name/'.$name)
        return Redirect::to('url')
    }

How to redirect after download?

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