This snippet shows you how to limit the download rate of a file download. Remark: I created this snippet around 2006, today there are much better solutions available like the QoS Bandwidth Throttle PHP Class (Alternative link). (Thanks aargoth) // local file that should be send to the client $local_file = 'test-file.zip'; // filename that the user gets as default $download_file = 'your-download-na