HTML Download not working

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I have a code set up to download a file on my FTP, but when I click on the link it tries to take me to the url and not download the file. What am I missing? I've tried every version of the HTML code and nothing works.

<a href="/finaledit/murphy_drive.mp4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Click here to download package</span></a>

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 14:08

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Very simple, add the download attribute to it. Like this:

<a download href="/finaledit/murphy_drive.mp4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Click here to download package</span></a>

answered Oct 23 '15 at 14:08

Jeroen Bellemans

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`download` attribute is not supported in IE and Safari – Harsh Makani Oct 23 '15 at 14:11
It's the only way I know with HTML. With php you can do this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7263923/how-to-force-file-download-with-php – Jeroen Bellemans Oct 23 '15 at 14:14

HTML Download not working

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