I would like to know what would be the best way to save contents from a web page. I mean to force save-as option by clicking a link or button. I often found that javascript would not be an option because it‘s only working for IE, so I thought that it would be easier because javascript is client-side based.

Now, I thought maybe there is a way to use php when creating a form that will redirect it over a server site query to return and force the save-as option. My main goal is make it possible to save the privacy terms. I would like to avoid using fpdf. If there is someone who could tell how to solve this I would really appreciate it.

UPDATE:

okay to explain what i like to reach:

imagine you have a simple webpage with some privacy policy text and nothing else. at the top of the page you have two options. first will be print option like:

<a href="javascript:print()">print</a>

second should be something like:

<a href="javascript:saveas()">save</a>

so that when you will press the link the save-as dialog pops up and you can download the content or even page to get the privacy policy for your own.

hope it will be clear now. sorry.

<a href="whatever.com/download.zip" target="_new">click me</a>

<?php
$content = file_get_contents($_GET["downloadurl"]);
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); 
echo $content;
?>

<?php
$content = file_get_contents($_GET["downloadurl"]);
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); 
echo $content;
?>

<a href="reader.php?downloadurl=http://yourwebsite.com/test.html" target="_new">Save website</a>