Newbie to html_writer - how to add the keyword *download*

Newbie to html_writer - how to add the keyword *download*

by Frankie Kam -
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Hi There

I used the code

    $output .= html_writer::link($url, 'click me', str_replace('=""','',array('download'=>''))); 

in order to get the result
<a href="the url" download>click me</a>


Is there a simpler way?

What I did was to get this

     <a href="the url" download="">click me</a>

and then using the str_replace() to replace the ="" with nothing, giving

    <a href="the url" download>click me</a>

After 30 minutes of searching for a solution, I gave up and used my str_replace() function to brute force what I wanted. Haha. There must be a better and easier way.  Anyone?

Regards
Frankie Kam 


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Re: Newbie to html_writer - how to add the keyword *download*

by Tim Hunt -
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In this case it is probably best to given an attribute value, since that will then be used as a suggested filename for the file being saved. E.g.

<a href="the url" download="suggested-filename.csv">click me</a>

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