Is there a good implementation of partial file downloading in PHP?

Question

I\'m writing a PHP script that allows the user to download a file. Basically the idea is to prevent the file being downloaded more than X times, since it is paid content, an

Answer 1

You should be using PEAR HTTP_Download. It is pretty easy to use and it allows download resuming just file:

http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.http.http-download.intro.php