Download file instead showing it it new tab

Asked Oct 26 '17 at 08:30

Active Oct 26 '17 at 08:30

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I would like to download file by using AJAX. Now my code after succes submit open PDF file in new tab. How can I change my code to run automatic download? This is my code below:

$.ajax({
            url: '/templates/mywebsite/save.php',
            type: 'POST',
            data: dataArray,
            success: function(response)
            {

                window.open('/upload/myfile.pdf','_blank');

                }

        });

asked Oct 26 '17 at 08:30

Steve

1

Instead of linking the PDF file directly use PHP with headers to force download the PDF file. – Sarvap Praharanayuthan Oct 26 '17 at 08:32
can you explain how can I do this? I don't really know PHP – Steve Oct 26 '17 at 09:04
Create PHP file with the following code and save as download.php, `` – Sarvap Praharanayuthan Oct 26 '17 at 09:12
And in your ajax, change `window.open('/upload/myfile.pdf','_blank');` to `window.open('download.php','_blank');` – Sarvap Praharanayuthan Oct 26 '17 at 09:13
why pdf file open as blank page? – Steve Oct 27 '17 at 15:17

Download file instead showing it it new tab

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