force download of pdf only as pdfs open first then permit download

Question

I have a script that allows the download of files the user selects from a specific directory, everything works ok, but pdf files open first then you can download it, I need to force download of the pdf as soon as the link to the file is clicked.

I have included the a href attribute of the script, I tried adding download to the href without success, any help would be greatly appreciated.

<A HREF="'. $_SESSION["dir2"] ."/". $new_array[$i][0] . '">' .  $new_array[$i][0] .  "</A>

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 09 '18 at 13:55

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You can use the download attribute:

<a href="'. $_SESSION["dir2"] ."/". $new_array[$i][0] . '" download>' .  $new_array[$i][0] .  "</a>

edited Apr 09 '18 at 13:55

B3none

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answered Apr 09 '18 at 12:56

jasinth premkumar

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adding the download to href works perfectly! – saco Apr 09 '18 at 13:06
thank you, but you could found that in google too :) – jasinth premkumar Apr 09 '18 at 16:02

force download of pdf only as pdfs open first then permit download

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