Download a file and redirect it to another page via ajax
Try below method, hope it will work
- open
ajaxexcel.phpin new window viawindow.open - it will start downloading, then close it.
- As soon as it closes, redirect page.
I think it is very tough to download. Please Use PHP Excel to Create file and download.
You can't download file using Ajax request. Any how you have to redirect to particular location which will allow you to download file. Might be you tried with this, but try to download file in separate tab and redirect your page to particular page.
<input id="btnGetResponse" type="button" value="Redirect" /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">$(function () { $("#btnGetResponse").click(function () { window.open('/test/excel.php'); window.location = "http://stackoverflow.com/"; });});</script>Also from your PHP file (excel.php) remove this line. Otherwise it will download your file as JPG or PNG
header('Content-type: image/jpeg,image/gif,image/png');