Download a file and redirect it to another page via ajax

Question

I have a simple contact form for download excel file . Main issue happen , When ajax load .I want to download excel file then redirect user to a next page.. Below is my code wit

Answer 1

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.

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');