php convert to zip and download

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I want to convert files to zip and make it available for user to download, this zip files are created at runtime.
For this i m using code from
http://www.9lessons.info/2012/06/creating-zip-file-with-php.html?m=1
It works fine but when size of zip created is large ie 30 mb, i am unable to download as downloaded filze size is just 1 or 2 kb
(Instead of 30 mb),though zip file created on server is about 30mb
What could be problem

Posted 25-Apr-13 5:36am

garav kumar mishra

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-04-25T06:07:00

Solution 1

Please use: http://php.net/manual/en/book.zip.php[^].

To provide a ZIP file on the fly, directly in HTTP response (without storing a file and using HTTL anchor element), specify the HTTP header 'Content-type: application/zip':

header('Content-type: application/zip');

Please see also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type[^],
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types[^].

—SA

Posted 25-Apr-13 6:07am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Espen Harlinn 25-Apr-13 19:25pm

5'ed!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Apr-13 19:44pm

Thank you, Espen.
—SA