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Asked: 2026-05-30T12:29:40+00:00

I have a link which launches a new html page in a new tab

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I have a link which launches a new html page in a new tab with simple jquery, like _target=blank, no issue.

Expected:

  • Page opened in a new tab, and should be kept opened, and a Save as dialog prompted

Current unexpected behavior:

  • Page is opened in a new tab, and then closed with a Save dialog prompted

Shortly, I want to keep the page open, while prompting a Save as dialog.

Using Content-Disposition attachment seems to have no chance to keep the page open.
I didn’t do any exit(); either, but the page is never showed, except for the dialog.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try pulling your page initially as a normal page, and use a meta refresh to redirect to the same url with a parameter telling your PHP to serve the page again as a download.

    Example:

    <?php
$isDownload = isset( $_GET['download'] );
if( $isDownload ) {
    header( 'Content-disposition: attachment' );
}
?>
<html>
    <head>
        <?php if( !$isDownload ) { ?>
        <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;<?=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']?>?download" />
        <?php } ?>
...
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