What potential issues can arise when implementing a download speed limit in PHP?

One potential issue that can arise when implementing a download speed limit in PHP is that the limit may not be accurately enforced due to variations in network speed or server load. To address this, you can use a combination of PHP's `sleep()` function and `flush()` function to control the download speed more effectively. 

// Set the download speed limit to 100 KB/s
$downloadSpeedLimit = 100; // in KB/s

// Start the download
$file = fopen('path/to/file.txt', 'r');
while (!feof($file)) {
    echo fread($file, $downloadSpeedLimit * 1024); // Read and output data
    flush(); // Flush the output buffer
    sleep(1); // Pause execution to control download speed
}
fclose($file);

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