Resumable downloads when using PHP to send the file?

Question

We are using a PHP scripting for tunnelling file downloads, since we don\'t want to expose the absolute path of downloadable file:

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Answer 1

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        /* Function: download with resume/speed/stream options */


         /* List of File Types */
        function fileTypes($extension){
            $fileTypes['swf'] = 'application/x-shockwave-flash';
            $fileTypes['pdf'] = 'application/pdf';
            $fileTypes['exe'] = 'application/octet-stream';
            $fileTypes['zip'] = 'application/zip';
            $fileTypes['doc'] = 'application/msword';
            $fileTypes['xls'] = 'application/vnd.ms-excel';
            $fileTypes['ppt'] = 'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint';
            $fileTypes['gif'] = 'image/gif';
            $fileTypes['png'] = 'image/png';
            $fileTypes['jpeg'] = 'image/jpg';
            $fileTypes['jpg'] = 'image/jpg';
            $fileTypes['rar'] = 'application/rar';

            $fileTypes['ra'] = 'audio/x-pn-realaudio';
            $fileTypes['ram'] = 'audio/x-pn-realaudio';
            $fileTypes['ogg'] = 'audio/x-pn-realaudio';

            $fileTypes['wav'] = 'video/x-msvideo';
            $fileTypes['wmv'] = 'video/x-msvideo';
            $fileTypes['avi'] = 'video/x-msvideo';
            $fileTypes['asf'] = 'video/x-msvideo';
            $fileTypes['divx'] = 'video/x-msvideo';

            $fileTypes['mp3'] = 'audio/mpeg';
            $fileTypes['mp4'] = 'audio/mpeg';
            $fileTypes['mpeg'] = 'video/mpeg';
            $fileTypes['mpg'] = 'video/mpeg';
            $fileTypes['mpe'] = 'video/mpeg';
            $fileTypes['mov'] = 'video/quicktime';
            $fileTypes['swf'] = 'video/quicktime';
            $fileTypes['3gp'] = 'video/quicktime';
            $fileTypes['m4a'] = 'video/quicktime';
            $fileTypes['aac'] = 'video/quicktime';
            $fileTypes['m3u'] = 'video/quicktime';
            return $fileTypes[$extention];
        };

        /*
          Parameters: downloadFile(File Location, File Name,
          max speed, is streaming
          If streaming - videos will show as videos, images as images
          instead of download prompt
         */

        function downloadFile($fileLocation, $fileName, $maxSpeed = 100, $doStream = false) {
            if (connection_status() != 0)
                return(false);
        //    in some old versions this can be pereferable to get extention
        //    $extension = strtolower(end(explode('.', $fileName)));
            $extension = pathinfo($fileName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

            $contentType = fileTypes($extension);
            header("Cache-Control: public");
            header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n");
            header('Content-Type: $contentType');

            $contentDisposition = 'attachment';

            if ($doStream == true) {
                /* extensions to stream */
                $array_listen = array('mp3', 'm3u', 'm4a', 'mid', 'ogg', 'ra', 'ram', 'wm',
                    'wav', 'wma', 'aac', '3gp', 'avi', 'mov', 'mp4', 'mpeg', 'mpg', 'swf', 'wmv', 'divx', 'asf');
                if (in_array($extension, $array_listen)) {
                    $contentDisposition = 'inline';
                }
            }

            if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "MSIE")) {
                $fileName = preg_replace('/\./', '%2e', $fileName, substr_count($fileName, '.') - 1);
                header("Content-Disposition: $contentDisposition;
                    filename=\"$fileName\"");
            } else {
                header("Content-Disposition: $contentDisposition;
                    filename=\"$fileName\"");
            }

            header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");
            $range = 0;
            $size = filesize($fileLocation);

            if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
                list($a, $range) = explode("=", $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']);
                str_replace($range, "-", $range);
                $size2 = $size - 1;
                $new_length = $size - $range;
                header("HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content");
                header("Content-Length: $new_length");
                header("Content-Range: bytes $range$size2/$size");
            } else {
                $size2 = $size - 1;
                header("Content-Range: bytes 0-$size2/$size");
                header("Content-Length: " . $size);
            }

            if ($size == 0) {
                die('Zero byte file! Aborting download');
            }
            set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
            $fp = fopen("$fileLocation", "rb");

            fseek($fp, $range);

            while (!feof($fp) and ( connection_status() == 0)) {
                set_time_limit(0);
                print(fread($fp, 1024 * $maxSpeed));
                flush();
                ob_flush();
                sleep(1);
            }
            fclose($fp);

            return((connection_status() == 0) and ! connection_aborted());
        }

        /* Implementation */
        // downloadFile('path_to_file/1.mp3', '1.mp3', 1024, false);