note 114483 added to function.readfile

If you are looking for an algorithm that will allow you to download (force download) a big file, may this one will help you. $filename = "file.csv"; $filepath = "/path/to/file/" . $filename; // Close sessions to prevent user from waiting until // download will finish (uncomment if needed) //session_write_close(); set_time_limit(0); ignore_user_abort(false); ini_set('output_buffering', 0); ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 0); $chunk = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // bytes per chunk (10 MB) $fh = fopen($filepath, "rb"); if ($fh === false) { echo "Unable open file"; } header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '"'); header('Expires: 0'); header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate'); header('Pragma: public'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filepath)); // Repeat reading until EOF while (!feof($fh)) { echo fread($handle, $chunk); ob_flush(); // flush output flush(); } exit; ---- Server IP: 72.55.140.6 Probable Submitter: 78.45.76.35 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114483 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114483 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114483 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php