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maniak
maniak

Reputation: 462

Download file using JQuery/Php

I want to download a file returned by a php page when invoked by a jquery event. I red that inserting an <iframe> could do the trick, but It says on w3school that this tag is deprecated. I wonder if there's any other solution.

I think it might be relevent to say that the event that trigger the download is a button from a modal window using simple-modal. I want keep that window opened after the event.

It's the first time I'm downloading file with PHP so there might be an easy way to achieve this that i'm unaware of.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 681

Answers (2)

Vit Kos
Vit Kos

Reputation: 5755

You can make an alternate php file that will force download when you click the button. Use headers in php this might help : headers

Upvotes: 1

Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 553

You may use PHP to redirect to the file under certain permissions.

<?php
    if($username == "soandso") {
        header("Location: download.exe");
    }
?>

Also, the <iframe> tag is not deprecated. Still works for old and new browsers.

Upvotes: 0

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