I have a button and onclick it will call an ajax function Here is my ajax function function csv ajaxRequest ajax ajax is function that has all the XML HTTP Requests postdata data document getElementById id value ajaxRequest onreadystatechange function var ajaxDisplay document getElementById ajaxDiv if ajaxRequest readyState 4 amp amp ajaxRequest status 200 ajaxDisplay innerHTML ajaxRequest responseText ajaxRequest open POST csv php false ajaxRequest setRequestHeader Content-Type application x-www-form-urlencoded ajaxRequest send postdata I create the csv file based on the user input After it s created I want it to prompt download or force download preferably force I am using the following script at the end of the php file to download the file If I run this script in a separate file it works fine fileName file csv downloadFileName newfile csv if file exists fileName header Content-Description File Transfer header Content-Type text csv header Content-Disposition attachment filename downloadFileName ob clean flush readfile fileName exit echo done But If I run it at the end of csv php it outputs the contents of the file csv into the page into the ajaxDiv instead of downloading Is there a way to force download the file at the end of csv php

Download file through an ajax call php

AJAX isn't for downloading files. Pop up a new window with the download link as its address, or do document.location = ....

~ Answered on 2011-07-12 17:57:53