laravel 4上的一个回复的响应和重定向

Question

I want return response that can download and a redirect that can redirect to other page on the same controller function is it possible if so how can I do it if you could show me like this code if i want to download and then redirect to other page. on one controller.

public function handledown()
{
    return Response::download(Input::get('book')) & Redirect::action('ViewController@book');
}

Answer 1

You can't return multiple responses like you are trying to do there.

My advice to you would be to return the response download and then redirect to a route you define within a data-redirect attribute on your button etc what ever you use, with jQuery etc.

Another solution can be found here.