Re: Problem when downloading a video file

Sure! Here it is :

function dowloadVideo()
{
Configure::write('debug', 0);

$this->autoLayout = false;
$this->autoRender = false;

$root = 'http://www.mydomain.com/app/webroot/videos/';
$file = 'test.mp4';
// $file = 'test.mp3';

$path = $root . $file;
$type = '';

$file_size = 0;
$ch = curl_init($path);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

if ($data === false)
{
$file_size = false;
}
if (preg_match('/Content-Length: (\d+)/', $data, $matches))
{
$file_size = (float) $matches[1];
}

header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: video/mp4');
// 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: ' . $file_size);
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($path);

exit;
}

On Oct 4, 5:36 pm, "Ma'moon" <phpir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you post your controller code and let us see how you exactly implemented
> this?
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> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:41 AM, thomaus <tho...@saimiris.com> wrote:
> > Nobody no clue?
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> > On Oct 3, 5:36 pm, thomaus <tho...@saimiris.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks for your answers.
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> > > Here is how I set my header (the video file is a .mp4 one)
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> > >                 header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
> > >                 header('Content-Type: video/mp4');
>
> > > //             This is for the mp3 file
> > > //              header('Content-Type: audio/mp3');
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> > >                 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.
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> > > On Oct 3, 5:11 pm, somebody who carez <somebodywhoca...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > 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
>
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > -Alex Goretoy
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> > > > 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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