Server settings to enable force download ...

[ou812]

i'm hoping someone can point me to a server setting that needs to be changed in php.ini or httpd.conf (or some other place?) to solve a force download script problem i have with on a new server.

 

i have a force download script that runs fine on the old server (and other servers i've used it on) with both Internet Explorer and other browsers, working example here:

 

http://weightloss123.com/test/test.html

 

both the 400K and 30K files download as expected in IE and other browsers, but on the new server ...

 

http://www.foreclosureforcash.com/test/test.html

 

in Internet Explorer, only the 30K file will download and the 400K download fails.

 

my assumption is the script is good because it works on the old server and a number of other servers i've used it on in both IE and other browsers.

 

for reference, here's an example of the working script:

 

<?php
session_start();

$download_dir = "/server/path/to/download/dir";
$file_path = $download_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $_GET['file'];

$asfname = $_GET['file'];
$fsize = filesize($file_path);
$mtype = "application/force-download";
header("Pragma: public");
pre-check=0");
header("Expires: -1");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache");
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Type: $mtype");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$asfname\"");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: " . $fsize);

$file = @fopen($file_path,"rb");
if ($file) {
  while(!feof($file)) {
    print(fread($file, 1024*);
    flush();
    if (connection_status()!=0) {
      @fclose($file);
      die();
    }
  }
  @fclose($file);
}

?>

 

let me know if you can point me to a specific change or changes i might make to the setup of the new server to solve this problem.

 

Thanks for your help ...

 

-Chris

[cags]

Perhaps it's just a side effect of posting it on here, but it's not a valid script (which the highlighting clearly shows). I'd recommend looking into readfile, I'm not sure if it will solve your problem or not, but it would certainly seem easier.