Headers, downloads and redirection

From: Tyrone Slothrop (ts_at_paranoids.com)
Date: 10/28/04

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    I have a script which validates a user's email, password and IP for
    the purposes of a file download. The validation and error messages
    work perfectly. After the validation and download, I want to redirect
    the user to a thank you page. I have done this on other sites with no
    problems, but this one seems to have a difference that is making me
    crazy.

    The download works fine with the usual cache headers and force
    download, readfile etc. However, the script refuses to redirect. I
    have tried header ("location: ...") and an abbreviated echo of an HTML
    redirect and neither works. Thought maybe it was a cache problem, so
    I tried ob_start and ob_flush (worked great for the redirect, but the
    file would not download).

    Anyone have any ideas?

    TIA!

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