Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-04 Thread christian haines
this is what i have exactly in my code... header(Content-Type: application/force-download; name=\$file\); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\$file \); header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary); header(Content-Length: $content_length); readfile($file_fullpath); exit;

Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-04 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Which OS and which PHP version? On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, christian haines wrote: this is what i have exactly in my code... header(Content-Type: application/force-download; name=\$file\); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\$file \); header(Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary);

Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-04 Thread christian haines
PHP Version 4.1.2 Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla) (Kernel 2.4.18-3 on an i686) Apache/1.3.23 Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: Which OS and which PHP version? On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, christian haines wrote: this is what i have exactly in my code... header(Content-Type:

Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-04 Thread christian haines
thanks for all your help and that last suggestion. it helped me isolate the issue. which i believe relates to a header previously sent.still debugging it but got a simple vers running cheers christian Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: Which OS and which PHP version? On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, christian

[PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-03 Thread christian haines
hi all, i have successfully created a download script to force a user to download, however attempting to download large files causes an error saying that the file cannot be found. my code header(Cache-control: private); header(Content-Type: application/force-download; name=\$file\);

Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-03 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
readfile() On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, christian haines wrote: hi all, i have successfully created a download script to force a user to download, however attempting to download large files causes an error saying that the file cannot be found. my code header(Cache-control: private);

Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-03 Thread christian haines
thanks rasmus, i have tried read file but it gave me the same issues as fpassthru.. both cap on the memory_limit directive withint the php.ini file any other suggestions maybe? cheers christian Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: readfile() On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, christian haines wrote: hi all, i

Re: [PHP] force download and file size issue

2002-10-03 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
readfile() reads 8k blocks at a time and dumps them out. It does not read the entire thing into ram, so that wouldn't be what was causing you to hit a memory limit. You must have done something else wrong then. -Rasmus On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, christian haines wrote: thanks rasmus, i have