Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Re: Problem when downloading a video file

Nobody no clue?

On Oct 3, 5:36 pm, thomaus <tho...@saimiris.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your answers.
>
> Here is how I set my header (the video file is a .mp4 one)
>
>                 header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
>                 header('Content-Type: video/mp4');
>
> //             This is for the mp3 file
> //              header('Content-Type: audio/mp3');
>
>                 header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $file);
>                 header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
>                 header('Expires: 0');
>                 header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
>                 header("Cache-Control: private", false);
>                 header('Pragma: public');
>                 header('Content-Length: ' . $file_size);
>
> But anyway, the code works when not executed with CakePHP, so it
> should not be a header problem.
>
> On Oct 3, 5:11 pm, somebody who carez <somebodywhoca...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > You may need to set a correct header for the file to get the browser to
> > process it correctly.
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> >http://php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php
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> > Thank you,
> > -Alex Goretoy
>
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:03 AM, thomaus <tho...@saimiris.com> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
>
> > > I'm experiencing a very strange problem. I'm trying to remotely
> > > download a video file.
>
> > > I've done a very basic PHP code using the readfile() function. This
> > > code works absolutely fine.
>
> > > Now when I copy / paste the exact same code into my CakePHP
> > > controller, the URL works, a file is actually downloaded, the size of
> > > the downloaded file is correct, but the type of the file is not
> > > recognized, i.e. the video can't be played.
> > > I tried the same with a mp3 file, just to check if the problem was not
> > > a video format one, and the same problem happened. And again the
> > > original PHP code is working fine with this mp3 file.
>
> > > I have added these 3 lines just in case in my controller :
> > >                Configure::write('debug', 0);
> > >                $this->autoLayout = false;
> > >                $this->autoRender = false;
> > > but the same problem happens.
>
> > > Any idea?
>
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