Hello,
I'm using forced download to download mostly zips and mp3s on site i did (http://pr1pad.kissyour.net) - to track downloads in google analytics, in database and to hide real download path:
It's this:
extending CI model
... - bunch of code
function _fullread ($sd, $len) {
$ret = '';
$read = 0;
while ($read < $len && ($buf = fread($sd, $len - $read))) {
$read += strlen($buf);
$ret .= $buf;
}
return $ret;
}
function download(){
/* DOWNLOAD ITSELF */
ini_set('memory_limit', '160M');
apache_setenv('no-gzip', '1');
ob_end_flush();
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: public",FALSE);
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) &&
(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') !== false))
header('Content-Type: application/force-download'); //IE HEADER
header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename("dir-with- files/".$filename) . "\";");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize("dir-with-files/".$filename));
// Send file for download
if ($stream = fopen("dir-with-files/$filename", 'rb')){
while(!feof($stream) && connection_status() == 0){
//reset time limit for big files
set_time_limit(0);
print($this->_fullread($stream,1024*16));
flush();
}
fclose($stream);
}
}
It's on LAMP with CI 1.7.2 - It's my own method put together from various how-tos all over the internet, because during developement, these problems came up:
- server limit. ini_set
haven't helped, so I used buffered _fullread
instead normal fread
, which was used insted of @readonly
- ob_end_flush(), because site is did in CI1.7.2 and i needed to clean buffer
Now... It doesn't work. It did, then it stopped showing expected size/download time - I tried to clean it up and while I was cleaning up the code, something happened, I don't know what and in any previous version - it haven't worked (no change in settings whatsoever) - edit: don't work = outputs everything into browser window.
So I said, screw it, I'll look here.
So, I basically look for script or function, which i can put to my output model and will do:
- Call force-download (in Chrome start download, in IE,FF,Safari open the modal open/save/cancel)
- Show size of file and estimated dl time (that's up to browser, i know, but first, browser must know filesize
- WORK (tested & confirmed!) in IE6,7,8, FF3, Opera, Chrome & and safari on PC + Mac (Linux... I don't really care) - that's for header part
- on server, I have also something like 56MB memory limit, which i can't add to, so that's also important
Thank you in advance.
Edit: Now I feel more screwed then ever/before, since I tried to force download with .htaccess - while it worked, it had few minor/major (pick yours) problems
- it showed full path (minor for me)
- it waits until whole download is finished (showing as "connecting") and then just show it's downloading - and downloads in one second (major for me)
Now, although I deleted .htaccess, it still waits until download is complete (just as if it was downloading to cache first) and it just get's connected
and show open/save dialog.