The multipart/x-mixed-replace content type

<?

// Make sure PHP isn't buffereing anything.
ob_end_clean();

// Sending this header will prevent nginx from buffering the output.
header('X-Accel-Buffering: no');

header('Content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=endofsection');

// Keep in mind that the empty line is important to separate the headers
// from the content.
echo 'Content-type: text/plain

After 5 seconds this will go away and a cat will appear...
--endofsection
';
flush(); // Don't forget to flush the content to the browser.


sleep(5);


echo 'Content-type: image/jpg

';

$stream = fopen('cat.jpg', 'rb');
fpassthru($stream);
fclose($stream);

echo '
--endofsection
';