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I am uploading file(pdf for now) like this: (It is uploading content of file in blob field of mysql)

$organizationModel = new Model_Organization_Object( organizationId );
$myFile = file_get_contents( '../path/to/my/file/filename.ext' );
$organizationModel->setOrganizationProfile( $myFile );
$organizationModel->save();

Now I want to get that file from database and want to download. I doing this in controller's action: (I am aspecting pdf file here therefore it is hardcoded below. But in future I want to download any file from blob field)

$organizationModel = new Model_Organization_Object( $organizationId );
$content = $organizationModel->getOrganizationProfile();

header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Length: " . strlen($content) );
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=orgProfile.pdf');

$this->view->organizationProfile = $content;

Now in view file I am doing this:

echo $this->organizationProfile; 

But above download process print(echo) the content of file in firbug and does not download file in orignal format. My echo output in firebug is like this:

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reponse headers in firebug:

Date    Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:21:03 GMT
Server  Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch
X-Powered-By    PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.2
Expires Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control   no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma  no-cache
Content-Length  65535
Content-Disposition attachment; filename=evidence.pdf
Keep-Alive  timeout=15, max=71
Connection  Keep-Alive
Content-Type    application/octet-stream

Can someone help that how to download file or I am doing something wrong with uploading process. setOrganizationProfile() and getOrganizationProfile() function are created by our team which are working fine while storing/getting data to/from database.

Thanks

+1  A: 

Ok, I think your problem is that you're using AJAX to download file.

It's not possible to download file using AJAX (or rather - JS) in a normal way. You know, there's too big hole for exploits to allow that (I think so) - anyway there's no such possibility.

There are workarounds though. One of them is creating hidden iframe dynamically on the page and then changing its location to your download script. Then you're not using JS to download, but plain browser capabilities.

Another way is described on this page:

http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_plugin_for_requesting_ajax_like_file_downloads/

Mybe it'll be a help for you.

Tomasz Struczyński
Yes I opened the download link separately without AJAX and it is downloading now.
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