PHP download blocks rest of requests

Question

I am downloading files from my server using a very simple script:

header(\'Content-Description: File Transfer\');
header(\'Content-Type: application/octet-st         


        

Answer 1

This is because you are using PHP sessions, and while a session for one user is opened in one request, the same session cannot be opened in an other request.

Do a session_write_close() before readfile().