PHP X-Sendfile

Serve large files using web server with support for laravel

Some features for X-Sendfile:

• Support Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, Lighttpd
• Automatic Server Type Detector
• Configurable
• Support Cache
• Set Extra Headers
• Compatible with Laravel

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Requirements:

• PHP >=7.0.1
• FileInfo Extension

Installation

Install using composer:

composer require mostafaznv/php-x-sendfile

Laravel (Optional)

1. Register Provider and Facade in config/app.php:

Don't need for Laravel 5.5+

'providers' => [
  Mostafaznv\PhpXsendfile\PhpXsendfileServiceProvider::class,
],

'aliases' => [
  'Recaptcha' => Mostafaznv\PhpXsendfile\Facades\PhpXsendfile::class,
]

2. Publish config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Mostafaznv\PhpXsendfile\PhpXsendfileServiceProvider"

Usage

<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

use Mostafaznv\PhpXsendfile\PhpXsendfile;

class DownloadController
{
    public function quickExample()
    {
        $path = '/files/Sample.mp4';

        $xSendFile = new PhpXsendfile();
        $xSendFile->download($path);
    }

    public function completeExample()
    {
        $path = '/files/Sample.mp4';
        // or full path
        $path = public_path('files/Sample.mp4');

        // optional
        $config = [
            'server' => null,
            
            'cache'                 => true,
            'cache-control-max-age' => 2592000
        ];

        // set extra headers (optional)
        $headers = [
            'Header-Name' => 'Header-Value' // header('Header-Name: Header-Value')
        ];

        // set downloaded filename (optional, nullable)
        $fileName = 'LargeVideoFile.mp4';

        $xSendFile = new PhpXsendfile($config);
        $xSendFile->setHeader($headers)->download($path, $fileName);
    }
}

Laravel Usage

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Mostafaznv\PhpXsendfile\Facades\PhpXsendfile; // or use PhpXsendfile;

class DownloadController extends Controller
{
    public function quickExample()
    {
        $path = public_path('files/zip.zip');

        PhpXsendfile::download($path);

        // or
        
        app('x-sendfile')->download($path);
    }

    public function completeExample()
    {
        $path = public_path('files/zip.zip');

        // set extra headers (optional)
        $headers = [
            'Header-Name' => 'Header-Value' // header('Header-Name: Header-Value')
        ];

        // set downloaded filename (optional, nullable)
        $fileName = 'LargeVideoFile.mp4';

        PhpXsendfile::setHeader($headers)->download($path, $fileName);
    }
}

Note: to change configuration in laravel, open config/x-sendfile.php and set your own configurations.

Config:

Key	Default	Type	Description
server	null	string	with null value, package will detect server type automatically supported: Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, Lighttpd
base-path	$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']	string	defines base path of your project.
cache	true	boolean	enable/disable for caching response
cache-control-max-age	2592000	integer	set maximum age of cache

Methods

Download

Argument Index	Argument Name	Default	Type	Description
0	file		string	relative (related to project index.php file) or absolute file path
1	fileName	null	string	user defined file name

setHeader

Argument Index	Argument Name	Default	Example	Type	Description
0	headers		['Header-Name' => 'Header-Value')]	array	Key-Value array. key is header name value is header value

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I develop in a open-source journey 🚀, I wish I lived in an environment where financial situation was fine and I could only focus on the path, but as you may know, life isn't perfect.
So if you end up using my packages, please consider making a donation, any amount would go along way and is much appreciated. 🍺

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Credit and Thanks

this package inspired by songlipeng2003's x-sendfile.

Changelog

Refer to the Changelog for a full history of the project.

License

This software released under Apache License Version 2.0.

(c) 2020 Mostafaznv, All rights reserved.

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