Download File Using Javascript/jQuery

Question

I have a very similar requirement specified here.

I need to have the user\'s browser start a download manually when $(\'a#someID\').click();

But

Answer 1

The answer submitted by hitesh on Dec 30 '13 does in fact work. It just requires a little adjusting:

The PHP file can call itself. In other words, just create a file named saveAs.php, and put this code into it...

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