[SOLVED] Hiding Direct Download Links -- Browser freezes!!!!!!!!!

[validkeys]

I have a download script that enables me to allow users to download music from my site with out knowing the exact url of the song.

 

Here is the main part of the scrpt:

 

    $filesize = filesize($realDLfolder.$path.$filename);
$xtype="audio/mpeg";

$fp=@fopen($realDLfolder.$path.$filename,"rb");


if ($fp) {
// Create the headers used for downloading the file
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Type: ".$xtype);
header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");				
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\";");
header("Content-Length: ".$filesize);	
// Actually start downloading the file


while (!feof($fp)) { 
   		echo(@fgets($fp, 4096)); } 

fclose ($fp);
}

 

Whenever I now click on the link, my entire browser freezes and I have to force quit. What am I doing wrong? Does it have to do with the size of the files?

 

Thanks

[suzzane2020]

this cud happen if ur file function syntax is not correct,

i'd say try commenting parts of the script and executing ..helps u pinpoint the error causing  section

[validkeys]

i actually had tried that and this seemed to be the part giving me problems

 

 

while (!feof($fp)) { 
   		echo(@fgets($fp, 4096)); } 

fclose ($fp);

[suzzane2020]

have 2 options

 

try gettin the content by concatenation

 

$data=$data  . fread($fp)

 

or change the size parameter to

$fp, filesize($fp))

 

[validkeys]

I tried both things that you recommended but It didnt seem to change anything. I dont know what the problem is!

[Orio]

Try this version (works great for me):

 

<?php

$full_name = $realDLfolder.$path.$filename;
$xtype="audio/mpeg";

// required for IE, otherwise Content-disposition is ignored
if(ini_get('zlib.output_compression'))
  ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 'Off');
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private", false);
header("Content-Type: $xtype");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".basename($full_name)."\";" );
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($full_name));
@readfile($full_name);
exit;

?>

 

 

Orio.

[validkeys]

thanks so much! I guess the problem was that I was using Ajax to request the download.php file and it was having problems with returning the xhtml response.

 

I just hardcoded in a link to download.php?...

 

and it worked fine.

 

thanks so much