I want to make a DIV onclick which will open a dialog box to save a pdf file.

Something like this (html5 a href):

<a href="path" download>download</a>

but using onclick event on DIV.

i tried but it's not working:

<div onClick="window.location='path' download">something</div>

I want to make a DIV onclick which will open a dialog box to save a pdf file.

Something like this (html5 a href):

<a href="path" download>download</a>

but using onclick event on DIV.

i tried but it's not working:

<div onClick="window.location='path' download">something</div>

• php
• javascript
• html
• onclick

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<div onClick="window.location=location/to/file/pdf.php">something</div>

pdf.php:

<?php
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=your_file.pdf');
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
readfile('path/to/your_file.pdf');

Try:

<div onClick="window.location='path'; return false;">something</div>

You should set correct headers on server side which will determine view or download a file

The header sections of this kind of apps must be taking seriously if you want the to work, if you do not have those show by Michał Prajsnar, i say go back and put them in and try again.

You can just google that same thing and solutions on the fly.

try these :

http://www.amember./forum/threads/force-file-downloads-with-htaccess.14980/

http://webdesign.about./od/php/ht/force_download.htm

Try:

<div onClick="window.open('path', '_blank', 'fullscreen=yes'); return false;">something</div>

This works fine for me.