File size to headers

[abockover]

Hello,

Is there a way to read a file size from my local server and send it to the browser in a header?

The below code is the base to my downloader... it works just fine, but the browser (or other download client) cannot display the progress because it doesn\'t know the file\'s size... so is there a way to send the size through the header?

header(\"Content-type: application/octet stream\");

header(\"Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\");
@readfile($filename);

Thanks,

Aaron

[tre_harmon]

You can get the size of file using the filesize() function. More info is available at: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

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[tre_harmon]

Woops, that URL should have been
http://php.net/filesize

[abockover]

I am aware of how to get the filesize (should have made that more clear), but how can I let the browser know how large the file will be so it can calculate estimated download time and the % of the file downloaded?

I need to send this size to the browser (I'm guessing through the use of header())

Does readfile() stream the file to the user, or does it read the entire file in and then send it to the browser?

Thanks,

Aaron