PHP Force File Download [duplicate]

Answer 1

Instead of using AJAX, just redirect the browser to the relevant URL. When it receives the content-disposition:attachment header, it will download the file.

Answer 2

Few suggestions:

1.

if(!($baseDir . '\\AgcommandPortal\\agcommand\\php\\utils\\ISOxml\\' . $file)) {

Instead:

if(!file_exists($baseDir ....)){

2.Don't need size.

3.Try this one:

 header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
    header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($fullpath));
    header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
    header('Expires: 0');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
    header('Pragma: public');
    ob_clean();
    flush();
    readfile($fullpath);
    exit;

Answer 3

I would try sending a header from PHP like this, to replace your application/force-download header:

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");

Answer 4

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 = $('<form action="' + url + '" method="post" style="display: none;">' +
                    '<input type="text" name="fname" value="' + text + '" />' +
                    '</form>');
                $('body').append(form);
                $(form).submit();

Thanks for all the answers!