PHP Force File Download [duplicate]

Answer 1

Kolink's answer worked for me (change the window location to the php file), but as I want to send POST variables along with the request, I ended up using a hidden form instead. The code I am using is as follows:

                var url = 'php/utils/getXMLfile.php';
                var form = $('
' +
                    '' +
                    '
');
                $('body').append(form);
                $(form).submit();

Thanks for all the answers!