redirect after script processes

[rossbar]

Hi there, 

 

I have a client who has a form on a php page that posts data to a script.  That script process the post data and generates a pdf which comes back and is automatically downloaded in the user's browser.  They would like to redirect the user to a separate page after this process is complete.  I have tried redirecting by adding :

 

header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/new_page.html' ) ;

 

to the bottom of the php script but I don't think this is working b/c the user doesn't actually go to that script page ever.  I have also tried incorporating a redirect with jQuery based on the submit button, but it never seems to execute...it is as if the pdf download script prevents the jQuery redirect from occurring.  

 

I tried utilizing ajax to submit the form data to the script and was then going to redirect after a successful response, but I don't think the form data is being sent in the proper format and that seems like a convoluted solution to a simple problem.  Any ideas?  Or should I stick with the Ajax/jQuery approach?  

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[MDCode]

Based on how you're describing it, I'm not even sure that's possible.  You want the file to download on a page, and on that same page serve a redirect?  If so, that's not possible.

[requinix]

You cannot do both a download and a redirect.

 

The general workaround is to redirect first, then "redirect" to the download. Couple ways you could do that but the one I'd go for is:

1. POST to the same place as before, generate the PDF, and store it somewhere temporarily with a unique identifier

2. Redirect to the new_page.html with something in the session or query string indicating the PDF to download

3. Have new_page.html do a client-side redirect (eg, a or Javascript) to the download location

[rossbar]

Thank you for your input guys...I really appreciate it