Link to open a download dialog box

When I 开发者_如何学Ccreate a link to an image I'd like for a download dialog box to open when clicking it instead of the user going to a page containing the image. Is this possible? Thanks.

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Yes its possible, but it has to be done on the server side. Two great solutions were provided in answer to this Stack Overflow question. Try out the top two ranked answers.

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