Idiot-proof, cross-browser force download in PHP

Question

I\'m using forced download to download mostly zips and mp3s on site i did (http://pr1pad.kissyour.net) - to track downloads in google analytics, in database and to hide real

Answer 1

So, I used this code (It's modified version of resumable http download found on internet)

function _output_file($file, $path)
{
    $size = filesize($path.$file);

    @ob_end_clean(); //turn off output buffering to decrease cpu usage

    // required for IE, otherwise Content-Disposition may be ignored
    if(ini_get('zlib.output_compression'))
    ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 'Off');

    header('Content-Type: application/force-download');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
    header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
    header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');

    /* The three lines below basically make the 
    download non-cacheable */
    header("Cache-control: no-cache, pre-check=0, post-check=0");
    header("Cache-control: private");
    header('Pragma: private');
    header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");

    // multipart-download and download resuming support
    if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']))
    {
        list($a, $range) = explode("=",$_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'],2);
        list($range) = explode(",",$range,2);
        list($range, $range_end) = explode("-", $range);
        $range=intval($range);
        if(!$range_end) {
            $range_end=$size-1;
        } else {
            $range_end=intval($range_end);
        }

        $new_length = $range_end-$range+1;
        header("HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content");
        header("Content-Length: $new_length");
        header("Content-Range: bytes $range-$range_end/$size");
    } else {
        $new_length=$size;
        header("Content-Length: ".$size);
    }

    /* output the file itself */
    $chunksize = 1*(1024*1024); //you may want to change this
    $bytes_send = 0;
    if ($file = fopen($path.$file, 'rb'))
    {
        if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']))
        fseek($file, $range);

        while
            (!feof($file) && 
             (!connection_aborted()) && 
             ($bytes_send<$new_length) )
        {
            $buffer = fread($file, $chunksize);
            print($buffer); //echo($buffer); // is also possible
            flush();
            $bytes_send += strlen($buffer);
        }
    fclose($file);
    } else die('Error - can not open file.');

die();
}

and then in model:

function download_file($filename){
    /*
        DOWNLOAD
    */
    $path = "datadirwithmyfiles/"; //directory

    //track analytics

    include('includes/Galvanize.php'); //great plugin
    $GA = new Galvanize('UA-XXXXXXX-7');
    $GA->trackPageView();

    $this->_output_file($filename, $path);

}

It works as expected in all mentiond browser on Win / MAC - so far, no problems with it.