How to download a file on clicking the name of file using PHP?

Question

I Have a list of information in which there is a field where name of file is hyperlinked. I want the user to download that particular file when he clicks on it.

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Answer 1

You don't need AJAX for that, you cannot even do what you want using AJAX. If you want to obfuscate URL to a file, then replace your download function with this:

function download(path,val) {
    window.location.href = path+"download.php?val="+val;
};