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

By using https://github.com/johnculviner/jquery.fileDownload

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');