Question

I have a controller that in nutshell is as follows:

public function download($id) {
  $data = array();

  force_download($data['brochure']->location, $data['brochure']->name);  
  $this->renderPage('site/download', $data); // simple method basically same as load->view
}

I want the page view and then after a second to force download the file – the current function downloads the file but not the view, can anyone suggest how to get around this?

Answer 1

Remove the line the following line from download function

force_download($data['brochure']->location, $data['brochure']->name);

Write another function

public function download_file($id) {
  $data = array();
  force_download($data['brochure']->location, $data['brochure']->name);  
}

Now in the download view add the following javascript/jquery script:

$(document).ready(function(){
    setTimeout(function(){
        downloadFile('<your file location>')
    },1000);
});

function downloadFile(url)
{
    var iframe;
    iframe = document.getElementById("download-container");
    if (iframe === null)
    {
        iframe = document.createElement('iframe');  
        iframe.id = "download-container";
        iframe.style.visibility = 'hidden';
        document.body.appendChild(iframe);
    }
    iframe.src = url;   
}