Re: [PLUG] php prob: downloads empty file

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Samantha S. Ollinger wrote:

> Now my problem is the file I download is corrupted. Gabriel mentioned that
> it had to do with mime types.
>
> Now I am told to convert the script to a cgi one, and see if the problem
> still persists. Also this file is going to be accessed by a few thousand
> people atleast. And also in order for the file to be accessed the person
> must belong to a particular group, come in from a certain set of IP
> numbers. etc. And a htaccess won't work, as the person has to go through a
> few redirects get this "token" have it validated, come to my page, agree
> to a license, and so on.
>  

This reminds me about something unpleasant.  Anyway...

What does this have to do with an actual file retrieval?  Once 
validated, couldn't a basic transfer method be used?  Why does PHP have 
to handle the transfer?  Do the files take longer than 30 seconds to 
download?

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