HTTP_SEND_FILE(3) 1 HTTP_SEND_FILE(3)
http_send_file - Send file
SYNOPSIS
bool http_send_file (string $file)
DESCRIPTION
Sends a file with support for (multiple) range requests.
This functions behaviour and further action is dependent on the following INI settings: http.send.not_found_404 and http.log.not_found.
If the INI settinghttp.send.not_found_404 is enabled and the INI settinghttp.log.not_found points to a writable file, a log message is
written when the $file was not found.
PARAMETERS
o $file
- the file to send
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
A http_send_file(3) example
<?php
http_send_content_disposition("document.pdf", true);
http_send_content_type("application/pdf");
http_throttle(0.1, 2048);
http_send_file("../report.pdf");
?>
The above example will output:
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.2
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 12345
Content-Range: bytes 0-12344
Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="document.pdf"
%PDF...
SEE ALSO
http_send_data(3), http_send_stream(3), http_throttle(3), http_send_content_type(3), http_send_content_disposition(3), the HttpResponse
class if you are using PHP 5.1.0 and above.
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