I am trying to figure out why my php code does not seem to redirect after user has successfully entered a password and downloaded a file. I have tried to understand php header's already sent issues but I'm not a good enough programmer how to figure a work around. Btw, this code below is modified from Zubrag's login php script. I added a file download section so when a user successfully types in pwd, file downloads. I just want to be able to tell the user that they have been successful (or some thank you msg).
Current implementation avail here: http://bnatyam.com/password_protect.php
<?php
    error_reporting(E_ALL);  //trying to catch output errors but nothing shows up
    ini_set("display_errors", 1);
###############################################################
# Page Password Protect 2.13
###############################################################
# Visit http://www.zubrag.com/scripts/ for updates
############################################################### 
#
# Usage:
# Set usernames / passwords below between SETTINGS START and SETTINGS END.
# Open it in browser with "help" parameter to get the code
# to add to all files being protected. 
#    Example: password_protect.php?help
# Include protection string which it gave you into every file that needs to be protected
#
# Add following HTML code to your page where you want to have logout link
# <a href="http://www.example.com/path/to/protected/page.php?logout=1">Logout</a>
#
###############################################################
/*
-------------------------------------------------------------------
SAMPLE if you only want to request login and password on login form.
Each row represents different user.
$LOGIN_INFORMATION = array(
  'zubrag' => 'root',
  'test' => 'testpass',
  'admin' => 'passwd'
);
--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAMPLE if you only want to request only password on login form.
Note: only passwords are listed
$LOGIN_INFORMATION = array(
  'root',
  'testpass',
  'passwd'
);
--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
##################################################################
#  SETTINGS START
##################################################################
// Add login/password pairs below, like described above
// NOTE: all rows except last must have comma "," at the end of line
$LOGIN_INFORMATION = array(
  'root0',
  'root1'
);
// request login? true - show login and password boxes, false - password box only
define('USE_USERNAME', false);
// User will be redirected to this page after logout
define('LOGOUT_URL', 'http://www.bnatyam.com/signupthanks.php');
// time out after NN minutes of inactivity. Set to 0 to not timeout
define('TIMEOUT_MINUTES', 1);
// This parameter is only useful when TIMEOUT_MINUTES is not zero
// true - timeout time from last activity, false - timeout time from login
define('TIMEOUT_CHECK_ACTIVITY', false);
##################################################################
#  SETTINGS END
##################################################################
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// do not change code below
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// show usage example
if(isset($_GET['help'])) {
  die('Include following code into every page you would like to protect, at the very beginning (first line):<br><?php include("' . str_replace('\\','\\\\',__FILE__) . '"); ?>');
}
// timeout in seconds
$timeout = (TIMEOUT_MINUTES == 0 ? 0 : time() + TIMEOUT_MINUTES * 60);
// logout?
if(isset($_GET['logout'])) {
  setcookie("verify", '', $timeout, '/'); // clear password;
  header('Location: ' . LOGOUT_URL);
  exit();
}
if(!function_exists('showLoginPasswordProtect')) {
// show login form
function showLoginPasswordProtect($error_msg) {
?>
<?php include('includes/top.php');
    $pageName = basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], ".php");?>
<body id="<?php echo $pageName; ?>">
<!-- wrap starts here -->
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header"><!--header -->
<?php include('includes/nav.php'); ?>
</div> <!--header ends-->
<!-- content-wrap starts -->
<div id="content-wrap">
<div id="main">
    <?php include('includes/pw-form.php');?>
<!-- main ends -->
</div>
<!-- sidebar starts -->
<!-- content-wrap ends-->
</div>
<!-- footer starts here -->
<?php include('includes/footer.php'); ?>
<!-- footer ends here -->
<!-- wrap ends here -->
</body>
</html>
<?php
  // stop at this point
  die();
}
}
// user provided password
if (isset($_POST['access_password'])) {
  $login = isset($_POST['access_login']) ? $_POST['access_login'] : '';
  $pass = $_POST['access_password'];
  if (!USE_USERNAME && !in_array($pass, $LOGIN_INFORMATION)
  || (USE_USERNAME && ( !array_key_exists($login, $LOGIN_INFORMATION) || $LOGIN_INFORMATION[$login] != $pass ) ) 
  ) {
    showLoginPasswordProtect("Incorrect password.");
  }
  else {
    // set cookie if password was validated
    setcookie("verify", md5($login.'%'.$pass), $timeout, '/');
    // Some programs (like Form1 Bilder) check $_POST array to see if parameters passed
    // So need to clear password protector variables
    unset($_POST['access_login']);
    unset($_POST['access_password']);
    unset($_POST['Submit']);
    //Add AD custom code here
      $file = "private2/MaangiMaineKhushiyan-BNatyam.mp3";
      if (file_exists($file)) {
          header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
          header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
          header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
          header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . urlencode(basename($file)));
          header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
          header('Expires: 0');
          header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
          header('Pragma: public');
          header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
          ob_clean();
          flush();
          readfile($file);
          if ($pass==$LOGIN_INFORMATION[0]) {
              $hit_count = @file_get_contents('countmsy.txt'); // read the hit count from file
              $hit_count++; // increment the hit count by 1
              @file_put_contents('countmsy.txt', $hit_count);} // store the new hit count
          if ($pass==$LOGIN_INFORMATION[1]) {
              $hit_count = @file_get_contents('countsurvey.txt');
          // echo $hit_count; //  display the hit count
          $hit_count++; // increment the hit count by 1
          @file_put_contents('countsurvey.txt', $hit_count); // store the new hit count
          }
          header("Location: signupthanks.php"); //this statement does NOT seem to work
          exit;}
  }
}
else {
  // check if password cookie is set
  if (!isset($_COOKIE['verify'])) {
    showLoginPasswordProtect("");
  }
  // check if cookie is good
  $found = false;
  foreach($LOGIN_INFORMATION as $key=>$val) {
    $lp = (USE_USERNAME ? $key : '') .'%'.$val;
    if ($_COOKIE['verify'] == md5($lp)) {
      $found = true;
      // prolong timeout
      if (TIMEOUT_CHECK_ACTIVITY) {
        setcookie("verify", md5($lp), $timeout, '/');
      }
      break;
    }
  }
  if (!$found) {
    showLoginPasswordProtect("");
  }
}
?>
 
     
     
    