note 51720 added to function.fread

For download the big files (more than 8MB), you must used ob_flush() because the function flush empty the Apache memory and not PHP memory. And the max size of PHP memory is 8MB, but ob_flush is able to empty the PHP memory. header('Content-Type: application/force-download'); header ("Content-Length: " . filesize($file)); header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$theFileName"); $fd = fopen($file, "r"); while(!feof($fd)) { echo fread($fd, 4096); ob_flush(); } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51720 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51720&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51720&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51720&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51720&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51720&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51720&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php