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Stream large file with Laravel
<?php
//disable execution time limit when downloading a big file.
set_time_limit(0);
/** @var \League\Flysystem\Filesystem $fs */
$fs = Storage::disk('local')->getDriver();
$fileName = 'bigfile';
$metaData = $fs->getMetadata($fileName);
$stream = $fs->readStream($fileName);
if (ob_get_level()) ob_end_clean();
return response()->stream(
function () use ($stream) {
fpassthru($stream);
},
200,
[
'Content-Type' => $metaData['type'],
'Content-disposition' => 'attachment; filename="' . $metaData['path'] . '"',
]);
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Hi! Can you suggest another method that conserves ram usage?

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mirko77 commented Nov 28, 2019

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