I wrote a small script using only PHP to test file download functionality using a experimental API, where this worked fine. When I decided to commit this code to my project, I added the same code to the handler for my AJAX call, however it does not start the download as it did before.
I believe this is due to the fact I am using AJAX, however as I was using header() to initiate the file download on the client, I am at a loss as to how to work around this.
Can anyone suggest an alternative method to do this now?
AJAX:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "handler.php",
data: { 'action': 'downloadFile', 'filename': curSelectedFile },
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data)
{
//Success
}
});
PHP Handler:
case "downloadFile":
{
$filename = '';
if (isset($_POST["filename"]))
{
$filename = $_POST["filename"];
}
$pos = 0; // Position in file to start reading from
$len = 32; // Length of bytes to read each iteration
$count = 0; // Counter for the number of bytes in the file
do
{
$result = $fm->getFileChunk($filename, $pos, $len);
$chunk = $result->result;
if (!empty($chunk))
{
$chunk = base64_decode($chunk);
$count += strlen($chunk);
echo $chunk;
}
$pos += $len;
}
while (!empty($chunk));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'. $filename .'"');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: ' . $count);
$response['status'] = "success";
echo json_encode($response);
break;
}