In this tutorial you'll learn how to download files like images, word or PDF documents, EXE or ZIP files etc., to the user's hard drive using PHP. 9 Aug 2019 I ended up making some modifications to the Drupal CSV module (code). The module code demonstrates that you can stream information AJAX call to download PDF not working. Expert Posts: 288 Join Date: 2012-01-20 Recent Posts. Hi, I am making an AJAX call in JSP to download the pdf file. 9 Nov 2017 It is generally advisable to download a file with a url call, or submitting a form, instead of with Ajax. Because Ajax can not handle file downloads You can't use AJAX to force / suggest a browser to download a file. With AJAX you can send data and receive data in JS. What you could do is 18 Aug 2017 My download file path is in application/app/upfiles $this->view->setRenderLevel(View::LEVEL_NO_RENDER); $request = new 14 May 2019 File downloading is a core aspect of surfing the internet. This forces the anchor element to trigger a file download when it is clicked; If the link