Make downloadable text file with php,and then redirect

Question

Im making a script to create a tempoary text file to download and redirect back to a page,but im having the issue that everything after the header information is sent goes into the text file upon download.

<?php
session_start();
include('session.php');
//echo $login_session;
require_once "getconnected.php";
$connection = getConnected();

header('Content-Type: application/octetstream; name="file.txt"');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="file.txt"');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.txt"');
?>
Hello, world.
<script>

window.location.href="/usercp/monitorproducts.php";

</script>
<?



?>

as you can see the javascript code goes into the text file due to the header.. what can i do?

thank you.

possible duplicate of [PHP generate file for download then redirect](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/822707/php-generate-file-for-download-then-redirect) — showdev, Feb 27 '15 at 19:37
I don't think it is possible to get more than one answer to a web request. Where DO you put the contents in your file.txt download? — Pianoman, Feb 27 '15 at 19:37

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '15 at 19:41

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Once you use "header" to indicate that you are sending back a file, the client will treat it as such.

The web server is sending back a response header that is telling the browser it's about to receive a file.

answered Feb 27 '15 at 19:41

MegaAppBear

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '15 at 21:04

wow i found a solution that works!

<?php
session_start();
include('session.php');
//echo $login_session;
require_once "getconnected.php";
$connection = getConnected();
header( "refresh:5;url=/usercp/monitorproducts.php" );
header('Content-Type: application/octetstream; name="file.txt"');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="file.txt"');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.txt"');
?>
hello world

this redirects immoderately after downloading file,this worked randomly! the delay is nessecary

Make downloadable text file with php,and then redirect

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