This seems to be a relatively common question on #zftalk nowadays, so here’s a quick wrapup!
The traditional plain-PHP way
$file = file_get_contents('some.zip'); header('Content-Type: application/zip'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="some.zip"'); header('Content-Length: ' . strlen($file)); echo $file; |
The Zend Framework controller way
//this is inside an action in one of your controllers: $file = file_get_contents('some.zip'); $this->getResponse() ->setBody($file) ->setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/zip') ->setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="some.zip"') ->setHeader('Content-Length', strlen($file)); //If using Zend_Layout, we need to disable it: $this->_helper->layout->disableLayout(); //Disable ViewRenderer: $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true); |
In closing
As mentioned in the comments, this approach may not be suitable especially if you deal with very large files. I recommend checking out this post about using mod_xsendfile with PHP, as it solves the issues associated with sending files “manually” through PHP.