Question

can I call two consecutive headers in my php code ?

header("Location: http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . "/$file"); //download file (http get)
header("Location: http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . "/$page"); //redirect to page

The first header function redirect to a url to download a file, while the second header forwards the customer to the next page.

Currently, if I list both headers in sequence, the first header is ignored.

thanks

Answer 1

can I call two consecutive headers in my php code ?

You can emit two headers but only one is going to be interpreted by the browser, so no, it’s not really possible.

I would consider serving the file download in a link with target='_blank' to keep the original window intact.