Why don't large files download easily in Laravel?

Question

My file (126 MB size, .exe) is giving me issues.

I\'m using the standard laravel download method.

I tried increasing the memory but it still either says I ha

Answer 1

I'm using the readfile_chunked() custom method as stated in php.net here. For Laravel 3, I've extended the response method like this:

Add this file as applications/libraries/response.php

Then comment out this line in application/config/application.php:

'Response'      => 'Laravel\\Response',

Example code:

//return Response::download(Config::get('myconfig.files_folder').$file->upload, $file->title);

header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$file->title);
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . File::size(Config::get('myconfig.files_folder').$file->upload));
ob_clean();
flush();
Response::readfile_chunked(Config::get('myconfig.files_folder').$file->upload);
exit;

Works great so far.