note 72772 added to function.session-write-close

Along the same lines as what cenaculo at netcabo dot pt, bkatz at usefulengineering dot com, and editorial at literati dot ca said about making sure you session_write_close(), don't forget to ob_end_flush() if you're using output buffering. I've been having some weird hanging issues when I tried to navigate away from a page with content streaming in an Iframe or a separate window. Instead of: <? ob_start(); session_start(); /* Do session stuff here; security; logging; etc. */ session_write_close(); /* NOW write out the requested file. */ header("Content-type: audio/x-mpeg"); /* or whatever type */ header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename); header("Content-Length: " . $filesize); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n\n"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header("Expires: 0"); $file_contents = file_get_contents($filepath); print($file_contents); ?> Do: <? ob_start(); session_start(); /* Do session stuff here; security; logging; etc. */ session_write_close(); /* Make sure data is actually flushed out to the browser */ ob_end_flush(); /* NOW write out the requested file. */ header("Content-type: audio/x-mpeg"); /* or whatever type */ header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename); header("Content-Length: " . $filesize); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n\n"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header("Expires: 0"); $file_contents = file_get_contents($filepath); print($file_contents); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 74.99.232.47 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-write-close.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/72772 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72772 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/72772 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php