ID: 25523
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: psurmano at ucalgary dot ca
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Output Control
Operating System: Redhat 8.0
PHP Version: 4.3.3
New Comment:
Turn off output buffering....
Previous Comments:
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[2003-09-13 01:24:15] psurmano at ucalgary dot ca
Description:
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When the following code is run in a browser on a very large file php
will first read in the entire file into memory and only afterwards will
it display a download dialog in the browser. This is even though I'm
reading in 8192 bytes at a time.
On a large file this results in a delay of several seconds.
Using readfile() doesn't have this problem but it is unacceptable since
I will need to add code to throttle download speed.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=largeFile");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize("largeFile"));
$handle = fopen ("largeFile", "rb");
do {
$data = fread($handle, 8192);
if (strlen($data) == 0) {
break;
}
echo $data;
} while(true);
fclose ($handle);
?>
Expected result:
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PHP should first show the download dialog and then start reading the
file. This is what happens with readfile()
Actual result:
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The file will first get read entirely into memory resulting in a large
delay. Only then is the user prompted with a download dialog.
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