note 105471 added to function.fread

Concerning the UTF-8 problem with downloading Zip files I found that simply adding 3 lines of code before starting the fread to the buffer for delivery in all browsers solved the problem. ob_end_clean(); ob_start(); header( 'Content-Type:' ); ... see where placed in the function below: function readfile_chunked( $filename, $retbytes = true ) { $chunksize = 1 * (1024 * 1024); // how many bytes per chunk $buffer = ''; $cnt = 0; $handle = fopen( $filename, 'rb' ); if ( $handle === false ) { return false; } ob_end_clean(); //added to fix ZIP file corruption ob_start(); //added to fix ZIP file corruption header( 'Content-Type:' ); //added to fix ZIP file corruption while ( !feof( $handle ) ) { $buffer = fread( $handle, $chunksize ); //$buffer = str_replace("","",$buffer); echo $buffer; ob_flush(); flush(); if ( $retbytes ) { $cnt += strlen( $buffer ); } } $status = fclose( $handle ); if ( $retbytes && $status ) { return $cnt; // return num. bytes delivered like readfile() does. } return $status; } ---- Server IP: 192.41.42.26 Probable Submitter: 99.60.149.201 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105471 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105471 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105471 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php