Posted by Richard Lynch on 01/20/05 21:38

Michael Grunewalder wrote:
> I have a list of files that are outside the web root and can't be accessed
> with a
> URL directly.
> If a user clicks the link for a file on the download page, I would like to
> send
> that file to the browser as a download *and* display HTML in the browser
> window.
> How can I do that - if it is possible at all.

There's nothing in the HTTP protocol to allow you to send two answers to
one request.

One hack that will work on MOST current browsers is to put a:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="0;URL=http://example.com/download.php">
in your HTML, so the browser will then redirect them to the download.

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