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[Anon]

I'm new in php.
i want to send the file with
header("Location: $file.zip");

then delete it with
unlink("$file.zip");

Unfortunately it doesn't work , and always the header shows the 404 file not found error page, because unlink delete the file before the header send it!

how can i delay the unlink for 20 sec till the file reach the user then delete it.

Thank you

[van__]

<?
//all output will be forced to the browser...
ob_implicit_flush();

//write a header
header("Location: $file.zip");

//and make sure it gets flushed...
echo " ";

//nap time...
sleep(20);

//then delete it with
unlink("$file.zip");
?>