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kasunjith
kasunjith

Reputation: 21

target='_blank' not working in any browser

Below is my code for downloading some files from a webpage. Everything works fine except target="_blank". This button does nothing even though the link is correct. If I right click and press open in a new tab it works but when i press the button it does nothing. 

<?php
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    $i+=1;



    $name = $row["filename"];
    $location = "../uploadedfiles/" . $name;
    ?>
    <div class="row">
        <p><hr>Name :  <?php echo $row["name"] ?> <br> Contact Details : <?php echo $row["number"] ?><br></p>
    </div>

    <div class="row">
        <p>Date Sent: <?php echo date("F d Y--  H:i:s.", filectime($location)) ?><br></p>
    </div>

    <div class="row">
        <p><p> <?php echo $i ?> ) <?php echo substr($name, 10) ?> <a href="../uploadedfiles/<?php echo $name; ?>" target='_blank'><button type='button' class='btn btn-info'>View / Download </button></a></p></p>
    </div>
    <?php }
?>
<hr>
<?php
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}
$con->close();

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1603

Answers (1)

Utkarsh Kaushik
Utkarsh Kaushik

Reputation: 971

The way you have created button within the anchor tag is not one of the best practices to be followed.

Ideally you should do something like this:

<a href="../uploadedfiles/<?php echo $name; ?>" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">View/Download</a>

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 3

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