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# http_send_file

Send file

### Description

bool http_send_file ( string `$file` )

Sends a file with support for (multiple) range requests.

This functions behaviour and further action is dependent on the following INI settings: http.send.not_found_404 and http.log.not_found.

If the INI setting http.send.not_found_404 is enabled and the INI setting http.log.not_found points to a writable file, a log message is written when the `file` was not found.

### Parameters

`file`

  the file to send

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 A http_send_file example

`<?php
http_send_content_disposition("document.pdf", true);
http_send_content_type("application/pdf");
http_throttle(0.1, 2048);
http_send_file("../report.pdf");
?>`

The above example will output:

    HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
    X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.2
    Accept-Ranges: bytes
    Content-Length: 12345
    Content-Range: bytes 0-12344
    Content-Type: application/pdf
    Content-Disposition: inline; filename="document.pdf"

    %PDF...

### See Also

- http_send_data
- http_send_stream
- http_throttle
- http_send_content_type
- http_send_content_disposition
- the HttpResponse class if you are using PHP 5.1.0 and above