[SOLVED] Download Script Freezing Execution

[d22552000]

When this script is running, and someone is download a file, ALL other php-cgi.exe requests wait for this script to end, before executing. How can I fix this?

 

Direct Download Script:

<?PHP

function getfile($TYPE,$B,$PATH) {
mysql_query('UPDATE `filepirate`.`FILES` SET `Downloads`=`Downloads`+1
WHERE `ID`='.$_GET['id']) or die(mysql_error());

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$B.'"');
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($PATH));
header('Content-type: '.$TYPE);
header('Connection: close');

readfile($PATH); exit();
}

function eror($RET) {
echo $RET;
die();
}

$NAME = $_GET['id'];

/* MYSQL CONNECTION */
mysql_connect('localhost','root','');
$r = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `filepirate`.`FILES` WHERE ID=$NAME;") or eror(mysql_error());

while(list($ID,$B,$PASS,$DESC,$TYPE,$DOWN)= mysql_fetch_row($r)) {
$PATH = './Files/'.$ID;

if (file_exists($PATH) && !empty($_GET['id'])) {
if (!empty($PASS)) {
if (!empty($_POST['pass'])) {
if ($PASS==$_POST['pass']) {
getfile($TYPE,$B,$PATH);
} else { eror('Invalid Pass.  Pass Not Right'); }
} else { eror('No Password Entered'); }
} else { getfile($TYPE,$B,$PATH); }
} else { eror('Invalid File.  File Not Here!'); }
}
?>

(I had to get rid of my indentation because of this forum f***ing

up the spaces, replacing them with  

 

Why when this is running, does the entire website 'wait' ?

[d22552000]

ok this is solved, I figured it out.

 

Turned out that when php include()s a file, it locks it from reading by any other process id.  EVEN if you do include_once() it still locks said file from writing.  THis was freezing hte script because every other page on the server happened to use the same inc/conf.php file in it's header.