Size not showing while downloading files from my website

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1. Thank you a ton Rich. It worked for me! I followed the link you provided: “File Downloads from Apache Server Doesn’t Show Total”. The first answer given there says to add the following line in .htaccess file:

   SetEnv no-gzip dont-vary
   

   That’s it! It did the trick. Thank you very much again. It was a huge headache since last 4-5 days.

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2. Create a PHP file locally, with this:

   $file = file_get_contents('http://www.tekyfox.com/downloads/motorola_boot_animation.apk');
   
   header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.apk');
   header('Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-archive');
   header('Content-Length: '.strlen($file));
   
   echo $file;
   

   Make another file with a button link to that local PHP file. See if you get the same problem. If not, it may be because the browser doesn’t know the file size until the server closes the connection.

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3. If you are linking directly to the file in a “downloads” dir or similar, then this is not a PHP issue, but an issue with the configuration of your webserver (i.e. Apache or nginx).

   See https://superuser.com/questions/617327/why-do-some-downloading-files-not-know-their-own-size for a discussion of the mechanics and HTTP headers involved.

   To fix this for you, we will need to know:

   • What web server you are using (Apache?) and its version
   • The HTTP headers that are being sent from the server when the file is downloaded (you can get these with curl, e.g. curl -v http://..., or in Chrome devtools)

   Some similar questions which may answer your problem:

   • Apache doesn’t show filesize/duration during downloading .dmg in browser?
   • “File Downloads from Apache Server Doesn’t Show Total”

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