Download a file with an ajax call

Question

I am using PHPExcel to read an excel template, populate the data, and ask the user to download the file.

generate_excel.php

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Answer 1

Not everything should be done with AJAX. Sometimes plain old HTML is more suitable for a job. I guess your button has a tag? Why won't you do something like this

Export to Excel

in your HTML? Note the target="_blank" part. It's there to make sure your page is not reloaded.

For input you can use construct

...whatever