Is it possible to know when a download is finished?

[PetterSmart]

Is it possible to use a php script to let a user download a file (.doc .mpeg or whatever), to detect when the download is finished and then run the rest of the script?

[dreamcatcher]

Hi PetterSmart, welcome to Webmaster World. :)

This function may help. fpassthru() [uk.php.net]

Check some of the user contributed notes.

dc

[coopster]

Why not just send the correct header [php.net] to the browser first and use readfile [php.net] to fire the output directly to the browser? At the end of the readfile you know they are finished.