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Subject: How do I let the user download a file then redirect them to another URL?
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: lawrence246-ga
List Price: $13.00

Posted: 20 Jun 2005 07:43 PDT
Expires: 20 Jul 2005 07:43 PDT
Question ID: 535077

I have a web page where people do a download.  The page is in php and
I use the php command:

header("Location:  " .$downloadPath );

where $downloadPath is some relative URI to a file.  This works fine on
everything but Internet Explorer for the Macintosh.  On everything
else, the user gets a save as dialog box and gets to save the file.

I now would like to change the web page so that it will first do a
download of a file and then redirect the user to another web page, and
I would like it to work for all browsers, Windows and Mac.  I'd like
to use .php code, though if you have an answer that relies on
JavaScript and can show me how to call to JavaScript from php, that'd
be fine too.

So the sequence of events is:

-- user clicks on a button
-- user is prompted to save a file from our website.  They do so.
-- user is redirected to a separate URL.

Thanks!

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Subject: Re: How do I let the user download a file then redirect them to another URL?
From: viedeveloper-ga on 20 Jun 2005 17:10 PDT

Hi,
This can be performed using a small trick, as follows:
- place a 1px*1px hidden frame somewhere on that page where the user
will click the button/link/whatever..
- load the PHP download page (that prompts to download) in the iframe
so he gets the save-as box
- redirect the "top" page to where you want..

This shall solve it.

Example:
'assuming an iframe named 'testframe'

<a href="download-me.exe"
onclick="top.location.href='/redirect_target.html'; return true;"
target="testframe">Download here</a>

Wish you luck with this.

Subject: Re: How do I let the user download a file then redirect them to another URL?
From: zooglester-ga on 21 Jun 2005 08:48 PDT

Hello,
 
You need to create a link to point the page "i.e. download.php" that
contains following code between <head> and </head>
 
<script language="JavaScript"> 
<!-- 
location.href="/index.php?<?php echo $_GET['download_file']; ?>"; 
// --> 
</script>
 
Hope that helps. 

Best regards, 
Nicolas

Subject: Re: How do I let the user download a file then redirect them to another URL?
From: emilk-ga on 26 Jun 2005 03:38 PDT

i tell you the awfull truth,
there is no such script for all browser (pc + mac)
thats the reason why all companies like download.com, sourceforge.com
do it in their ugly way

ie:
get user to download page, try to display a download dialog with js
and for another group of browsers display a link to try

save your answer money: i think this can be purchased overthere:
http://www.stadtaus.com/en/php_scripts/download_center_lite/
but i have no experience with them

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