ID: 37967 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: mmosel at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Output Control Operating System: Unix and Win2k PHP Version: 4.4.2 New Comment:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-29 22:08:55] mmosel at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Here's the bug. If someone wants to deliver a forced file download, in this case a zip file, and if they use php's output buffer along with the header("Content-length:"), readfile() - if there is any other content output in the output buffer, the file will download but it will not open because of an error with the length. If you remove the length line, the file will download, but the browser doesn't know how big the file is, which is bad for the user. The included code will illustrate this error. If you remove the echo message, the file will download without error. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php ob_start(); echo 'message here'; $source = '../pathtofile/file.zip'; $pr_file_name ='downloadtest.zip'; $length = filesize($source); header('Pragma: private'); header('Cache-control: private, must-revalidate'); header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); header("Content-type: application/zip"); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary"); header("Accept-Ranges: bytes"); header("Content-length: $length"); header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=".$pr_file_name); readfile($source); ob_end_flush(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expect the file to be delivered without error! Actual result: -------------- File downloads, but won't open due to length error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37967&edit=1
