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copied!<p>This happens because <code>Response::download()</code> loads the file in to memory before serving it to the user. Admittedly this is a flaw in the framework, but most people do not try to serve large files through the framework.</p> <p>Solution 1 - Put the files you want to download in the public folder, on a static domain, or cdn - bypass Laravel completely.</p> <p>Understandably, you might be trying to restrict access to your downloads by login, in which case you'll need to craft your own download method, something like this should work...</p> <pre><code>function sendFile($path, $name = null, array $headers = array()) { if (is_null($name)) $name = basename($path); // Prepare the headers $headers = array_merge(array( 'Content-Description' => 'File Transfer', 'Content-Type' => File::mime(File::extension($path)), 'Content-Transfer-Encoding' => 'binary', 'Expires' => 0, 'Cache-Control' => 'must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0', 'Pragma' => 'public', 'Content-Length' => File::size($path), ), $headers); $response = new Response('', 200, $headers); $response->header('Content-Disposition', $response->disposition($name)); // If there's a session we should save it now if (Config::get('session.driver') !== '') { Session::save(); } // Send the headers and the file ob_end_clean(); $response->send_headers(); if ($fp = fread($path, 'rb')) { while(!feof($fp) and (connection_status()==0)) { print(fread($fp, 8192)); flush(); } } // Finish off, like Laravel would Event::fire('laravel.done', array($response)); $response->foundation->finish(); exit; } </code></pre> <p>This function is a combination of <a href="https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/laravel/response.php#L183">Response::download()</a> and Laravel's <a href="https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/laravel/laravel.php#L193">shutdown process</a>. I've not had a chance to test it myself, I don't have Laravel 3 installed at work. Please let me know if it does the job for you.</p> <p><strong>PS:</strong> The only thing this script does not take care of is cookies. Unfortunately the <a href="https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/laravel/response.php#L300">Response::cookies()</a> function is protected. If this becomes a problem you can lift the code from the function and put it in your sendFile method.</p> <p><strong>PPS:</strong> There <em>might</em> be an issue with output buffering; if it is a problem have a look in the PHP manual at <a href="http://uk1.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php#example-2374">readfile() examples</a>, there's a method that should work there.</p> <p><em><strong>PPPS:</em></strong> Since you're working with binary files you might want to consider replacing <code>readfile()</code> with <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.fpassthru.php">fpassthru()</a></p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> Disregard PPS and PPPS, I've updated the code to use fread+print instead as this seems more stable.</p>

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