Downloading file though AJAX POST

Question

I\'m trying to provide a simple download using AJAX POST request. A user clicks a and the download begins (or a download dialog shows up, depending

Answer 1

I don't think its possible using ajax, I had the same issue and the download was not triggered. My solution was using only PHP:

1. Create a new file when the page is loaded, on the background. This will be stored in a server location.

   $out = fopen('filename', 'w+');
   //write data in file
   fputcsv($out, some csv values );
   

2. have a link to the client to download it

   Export Data to CSV file
   

And depending on how often this is done, you must clean-up the downloads regularly to not fill the server.