Forcing “Save As” dialog via jQuery GET

Question

I\'m calling a jQuery \"GET\" on the test.php file code below.

I\'m trying to get the script to pop a \"Save As\" dialog on the resulting test.ini file to allow it t

Answer 1

You don't need an AJAX for this. Just navigate to the php in question and in that php use

header('Content-disposition: attachment;filename=whatever.dat');

This will pop-up the "save as" dialogue box and you'll remain on the original page.