Download download after submitting a validation form

Question

I created together a fairly simple Download Code redeemer in .php (thanks to the help here), and it’s hard for me to find a way to the best way to download the download if the check is successful. Primarily -

The user enters the wrong code → The page refreshes with an error message. The user enters a valid code → Let me download “Save As” → refresh the page.

The moment I use http://www.zubrag.com/scripts/download.php to serve the file, but as soon as it starts loading, my form refreshes the page, but only half loads the content ?!

This is the form with the PHP script I made.

<div class="dcrForm">
    <p>Have a physical copy of this release? Claim your digital download by entering your Download Code below.</p>
    <form  action="index.php" method="post">
        <input type="text" name="code" class="dcrInput" value="">
        <input type="submit" name="harrisSubmit" class="dcrSubmit" value="Submit">
    </form>
<?php
    include("scripts/dcr_config.php");
    $code="";
    $log="";

    if (isset($_POST['harrisSubmit']))
    {
        $code=$_POST['code'];

        $link = mysql_connect($hostname, $dbusername, $dbpassword);
        mysql_select_db("$databasename");

        $query = "select count from $harris where code='$code'";
        if ($q=mysql_query($query))
            if ($r=mysql_fetch_array($q)){
                if ($r[0]<3)
                {
                    $subquery="update $tbname set count='".($r[0]+1)."' where code='$code'";
                    mysql_query($subquery);
                    ?><script>window.location.href="download.php?f=test.txt";</script><?php
                }
            }
        $log="<p>Invalid code. Try Again.</p>";
    }
    echo $log."";
?>
</div>

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Answer 1

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<?php

include "scripts/dcr_config.php";
$code = "";
$log  = "";

if (isset($_POST['harrisSubmit'])) {
    $code = trim($_POST['code']);

    $link = mysql_connect ( $hostname, $dbusername, $dbpassword );
    mysql_select_db ( "$databasename" );

    $code = mysql_real_escape_string($code); // very important! protects against exploits

    $query = "select count from $harris where code='$code'";
    if ($q = mysql_query ( $query )) {
        if ($r = mysql_fetch_array ( $q )) {
            if ($r [0] < 3) {
                $subquery = "update $tbname set count='" . ($r [0] + 1) . "' where code='$code'";
                mysql_query ( $subquery );

                $file = '/path/to/protecteddownload.txt';

                // send file to browser as a download dialog
                // no content can be output prior to these header() calls
                header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');
                header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.txt"');
                header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
                header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
                header("Expires: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");

                echo file_get_contents($file);
                exit; // terminate script
            } else {
                $log = 'Sorry, this code has already been redeemed.';
            }
        } else {
            $log = 'Invalid download code.  Try again.';
        }
    } else {
        // query failed
        $log = 'An error occurred validating your code, please try again later.';
    }

    $log = "<p>Invalid code. Try Again.</p>";
}

?>

<?php if (isset($log) && $log != ''): ?>
<strong class="error"><?php echo $log ?></strong>
<?php endif; ?>

<div class="dcrForm">
<p>Have a physical copy of this release? Claim your digital download by
entering your Download Code below.</p>
<form action="index.php" method="post"><input type="text" name="code"
    class="dcrInput" value=""> <input type="submit" name="harrisSubmit"
    class="dcrSubmit" value="Submit"></form>
</div>

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Answer 2

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php, (http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php).

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