How can I add a download speed limit to this php script? - php

Question

I found this great script to download and protect the files from a directory:
http://www.gowondesigns.com/?page.getfile
And I saw this code from a website too:
// local file that should be send to the client
$local_file = 'test-file.zip';
// filename that the user gets as default
$download_file = 'your-download-name.zip';
// set the download rate limit (=> 20,5 kb/s)
$download_rate = 20.5;
if(file_exists($local_file) && is_file($local_file)) {
// send headers
header('Cache-control: private');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($local_file));
header('Content-Disposition: filename='.$download_file);
// flush content
flush();
// open file stream
$file = fopen($local_file, "r");
while (!feof($file)) {
// send the current file part to the browser
print fread($file, round($download_rate * 1024));
// flush the content to the browser
flush();
// sleep one second
sleep(1);
}
// close file stream
fclose($file);
}
else {
die('Error: The file '.$local_file.' does not exist!');
}
How can I combine them? I mean how can I use the getfile script and add a download rate to it?
I tried adding:
while (!feof($file)) {
// send the current file part to the browser
print fread($file, round($download_rate * 1024));
// flush the content to the browser
flush();
// sleep one second
sleep(1);
}
But instead of $file I think it should be $fd and I had no positive results
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Based on your comment - I assume you want the following:
// open file stream
$file = fopen($local_file, "r");
while (!feof($file)) {
// send the current file part to the browser
print fread($file, round($download_rate * 1024));
// flush the content to the browser
flush();
// sleep one second
sleep(1);
}
// close file stream
fclose($file);
You should note, however, that it is the whole script that will make it successfully prompt a user to download the file and speed limit it. Simply rename the first script in your question as download.php, then link to it as <a href='download.php?id=1'>Download 1</a> (then file ID 1 will download).
<?php
$file_id = $_GET['id'];
if($file_id == 1){
// local file that should be send to the client
$local_file = 'test-file.zip';
// filename that the user gets as default
$download_file = 'your-download-name.zip';
} else {
die('Invalid file selected for download');
}
// set the download rate limit (=> 20,5 kb/s)
$download_rate = 20.5;
if(file_exists($local_file) && is_file($local_file)) {
// send headers
header('Cache-control: private');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($local_file));
header('Content-Disposition: filename='.$download_file);
// flush content
flush();
// open file stream
$file = fopen($local_file, "r");
while (!feof($file)) {
// send the current file part to the browser
print fread($file, round($download_rate * 1024));
// flush the content to the browser
flush();
// sleep one second
sleep(1);
}
// close file stream
fclose($file);
} else {
die('Error: The file '.$local_file.' does not exist!');
}
?>

Answer 2

<?php
$file = #$_GET["file"];
$rate = 100; // kb/sn
if (!file_exists($file)) {die("File Not Found");}
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $file);
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Type: application/download");
header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file));
flush(); // this doesn't really matter.
$fp = fopen($file, "r");
while (!feof($fp))
{
echo fread($fp, $rate * 1024);
flush();
sleep(1);
}
fclose($fp);
?>
i use this . And no problem.