Re: Downloads, headers and binary data

your script is probably timing out. Try doing: set_time_limit(0); at the top of your script. Jeremy Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "LINUX is obsolete" -- Andy Tanenbaum, January 29th, 1992 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.JEEP-FOR-SALE.com/ -- I need a buyer Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Juan Germano wrote: > Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:38:48 -0300 > From: Juan Germano <droctulft@yifan.net> > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Downloads, headers and binary data > > Hi. I'm trying to write a script to download a mp3 file. I did this: > > $filesize=filesize($filename); > header("Content-disposition: attachment;filename=".basename($filename)); > header("Content-type: application/octetstream"); > header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); > header("Pragma: no-cache"); > header("Expires: 0"); > header("Content-Length: $filesize"); > readfile($filename,$filesize); > > I began with the first two headers but the problem is that the script works > fine with > text files but I get shorter files than the originals with mp3s, so I added > the rest trying to solve the problem. > So I tryied > > $fp=fopen($filename,"r"); > fread($fp,filesize($filename)); > fclose($fp); > > and > > $fp=fopen($filename,"r"); > fpassthru($fp); > > None of above worked. > But I tryied using the php.exe and I got exactly what I want. > So, perhaps it is a problem with the headers. I tryied both Netscape and IE, > and also diferents content-type (audio/mpeg). > Anyone has ideas? > > Juan Germano > droctulft@yifan.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >