Re: [PLUG] php prob: downloads empty file

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Have you solved this problem?

The "maximum execution time" determines how long a script is allowed to 
run.  Most scripts execute quickly.  The 30 second limit prevents things 
like endless loops from continuing forever.  And who wants to wait even 
30 seconds for a script on a Web site to run?!

Are you trying to send a file /to/ the server, or retrieve a file /from/ 
the server?

Have you tried basic methods of sending and receiving files?  In the 
simplest cases, PHP is required to send a file, but a simple link can be 
used to retrieve a file.  I'm suggesting testing methods of increasing 
in complexity.  Start with the basics with files that are know to 
sucessfully transfer.

I'm not exactly sure about what you're trying to accomplish, but it 
seems like an .htaccess file could do the job of limiting access to a 
collection of files.


Samantha S. Ollinger wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have fiddled with this problem for a while, and I still cannot figure it
> out. There is a file in a directory that is not accessible just by typing
> in the url (protected dir). In this directory I have the files that I want
> to be downloaded.
>
> Problem is the file I download is empty:
> -rw-------    1 sam music           0 Mar 21 11:20 so.zip
>
> I read on of the lists that the "maximum execution time" determines the
> size I can allow to be downloaded. According to phpinfo I have 30 as the
> local and master value. I don't think I have understood what  "maximum
> execution time" really means
>
> Here is two samples that I have tried with the same result:
>
> $filename='so.zip';
> $fullfilepath='/protectedfiles/SS/';
> $contentType='application/octet-stream';
> header("Pragma: ");
> header("Cache-Control: ");
> header("Content-type: $contentType");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\"");
> header("Content-length:".(string)(filesize($fullfilepath)));
> $fd=fopen($fullfilepath,'r');
> fpassthru($fd);
> ------------------------------------------
> $file="/protectedfiles/SS/so.zip";
> header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=so.zip");
> readfile("/protectedfiles/SS/so.zip");
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? I have tried every single example listed at
> php.net under the readfile and fpassthru
>
> Thanks.
> -Samantha
>
>
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