Re: [PHP] Sending a file with fpassthru() or readfile(), causes IE to hang.

And the answer came from Mircrosoft which describes this situation as a bug in the article Q266305 - BUG: Canceling Multiple File Downloads on Large File Causes Internet Explorer to Stop Responding. John Chronakis -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: htt

Re: [PHP] Sending a file with fpassthru() or readfile(), causes IE to hang.

After your reply I did some more tests with the following conclusions. 1. I was wrong about perl. IE behaves the same with the perl equivalent script, but requires the user to cancel 2 times. After the second time, you cannot try anymore. 2. The source of the problem seems to be Internet Explore