Question on uploading and downloading compressed (zip) files

[tryingtolearn]

Is there any special procedures for doing this?

 

I found a script on a forum (But it is dated 2003) not sure if that matters

 

But here is the problem

Everything uploads fine and then I go to download and that works as well

The problem is that when I try to uncompress (Or is it decompress) the downloaded file

It wont, The compressed file extraction wizard says its empty

But it isnt - If I email the compressed file to myself it works fine

 

So Im wondering if there is something in the script that is causing the problem

 

<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL); 

$file_path = '/home/public_html/files/'; 

if (empty($_REQUEST['file']) || !preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z_0-9]+.+[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/", $_REQUEST['file'])) { 
    die('Not a valid URL.'); 
} 

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream\n"); 
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $_REQUEST['file'] . "\"\n"); 
header("Content-transfer-encoding: binary\n"); 
header("Content-length: " . filesize($file_path . $_REQUEST['file']) . "\n"); 

$fp = fopen($file_path . $_REQUEST['file'], "r"); 

fpassthru($fp); 
die(); 
?> 

[tryingtolearn]

I should also add

If I FTP and copy the file from the server to my computer it extracts without any problems as well.

 

Im assuming that means nothing is happening to the file on the way up

???

[MadTechie]

is that the whole script,?

it should be ok, you could try this one

 

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,95433.0.html

 

have you could a url i could look at ?

[tryingtolearn]

Mad Techie,

Thanks for the response

 

I found the problem, I was trying to do some database updating during the process

I rearranged how that was working and it is working fine now.

 

I appreciate you taking hte time

Thanks