kool_samule Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Hi Chaps, I'm using readfile to force the download of a file: set_time_limit(0); $file = 'monkey.gif'; if (file_exists($file)) { header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file)); header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary'); header('Expires: 0'); header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0'); header('Pragma: public'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file)); ob_clean(); flush(); readfile($file); exit; } flush(); And this works fine, however, I do have some software installation files that could be downloaded (these are in excess of 280Mb). I have checked php.ini: memory_limit = 128M post_max_size = 300M But Internet Explorer hangs and then crashes. Is there a way to allow big files to download using this method, or is there another way of forcing the download, without php 'reading' the file first? I'm guessing that the problem lies with the memory_limit being smaller than the file size. Is it a good idea to increase the memory_limit to eg. 280Mb? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool_samule Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 used ini_set('memory_limit', '300M'); Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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