I have a view viewarticles. In that, an anchor tag is present, which is for download PDF. When I click first time on link, then a register form opens in modal and if user submits his details, then it goes on controller and save the details and then create session and then download the PDF. But I also I need return same view. After redirect session created and no need to fill details again. Means one time fill the form and download PDF each time till session is valid.
@foreach($articles as $article)
<tr class="table-active">
@if(session()->has('username'))
<td>
<a href="{{ route('downloadpdf',['jname' => $article->image]) }}"><span class="badge badge-primary">Download PDF</span></a>
@else
<a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#login-modal{{ $article->id }}">Login</a>
@endif
</td></tr>
<!-- Register modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="login-modal{{ $article->id }}" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true" style="display: none;">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="loginmodal-container">
<h1>Article Download Request</h1><br>
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('insertdownloadpdf') }}">
{{csrf_field()}}
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name">
<input type="text" name="pdfname" placeholder="Name" value="{{ $article->image }}">
<input type="text" name="volume_id" placeholder="Name" value="{{ $article->volume_id }}">
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email">
<input type="text" name="designation" placeholder="Designation">
<input type="text" name="organisation" placeholder="Organisation/College">
<input type="number" name="number" placeholder="Phone Number">
<input type="submit" class="login loginmodal-submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
@endforeach
My route is:
Route::POST('insertdownloadpdf','foruserview@insertdownloadpdf')->name('insertdownloadpdf');
Controller method is:
public function insertdownloadpdf(Request $request)
{
$userdetails = new userdetail;
$userdetails->name = $request->name;
$userdetails->email = $request->email;
$userdetails->designation = $request->designation;
$userdetails->organisation = $request->organisation;
$userdetails->number = $request->number;
$userdetails->save();
$pdffile = $request->pdfname;
session()->put('username','Successfully Inserted');
$file= public_path(). "/storage/upload_pic/"; //path of your directory
$headers = array(
'Content-Type: application/pdf',
);
return Response::download($file.$pdffile, 'articles.pdf', $headers);
$journals = journal::all();
$articles = article::where('volume_id',$request->volume_id)->with('journal','volume')->get();
return view('viewarticles',compact('journals','articles'));
}
But it is not working. How can I download PDF file then return on same page.
