file_transfer

• Drupal 4.6
• Drupal 4.7
• Drupal 5
• Drupal 6
• Drupal 7

Versions

4.6 – 6

file_transfer($source, $headers)

7

file_transfer($uri, $headers)

Transfer file using http to client. Pipes a file through Drupal to the client.

Parameters

$source File to transfer.

$headers An array of http headers to send along with file.

Related topics

File interface

Common file handling functions.

Code

includes/file.inc, line 456

<?php
function file_transfer($source, $headers) {
  ob_end_clean();

  foreach ($headers as $header) {
    // To prevent HTTP header injection, we delete new lines that are
    // not followed by a space or a tab.
    // See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html#sec4.2
    $header = preg_replace('/\r?\n(?!\t| )/', '', $header);
    header($header);
  }

  $source = file_create_path($source);

  // Transfer file in 1024 byte chunks to save memory usage.
  if ($fd = fopen($source, 'rb')) {
    while (!feof($fd)) {
      print fread($fd, 1024);
    }
    fclose($fd);
  }
  else {
    drupal_not_found();
  }
  exit();
}
?>

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