Re: Downloading Large (100M+) Files

* Thus wrote Robin Getz: > Curt Zirzow [php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org] wrote: > >> replaced: > >> readfile($name); > >> with: > >> $fp = fopen($name, 'rb'); > >> fpassthru($fp); > > > >The only difference between readfile() and fpassthru() is what parameters > >you pass it. > > > >Something else is the problem, what version of php are you running? > > I am using php 4.2.2 Thats an awful old version. > > OK - I lied. > > The same problem exists with fpassthru (now that I have let it run a little > longer) I now have 5 sleeping httpd processes on my system that are > consuming 200Meg each. Either upgrade to a newer version or you could use this function: http://php.net/apache-child-terminate Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."