big files download with php - configuration problem

Hi all,

I have a set of php scripts that handle the browsing and download of
file from the server.

it has worked fine for a long time on a server linux, now I have got
to migrate those scripts also on a windows server, and something very
strange is happening:

the download process hangs when downloading big ( 50 MB and up )
files from the server, and the files are only partially downloaded.
the log on the server shows a Timer_connectionidle error message.

I'm quite sure it is a configuration ( php or IIS ) issue, but I have
no idea about what could be the problem.

it is not an execution time problem since I have set the
max_execution_time on the php.in to a very large value.
it seems that the php script simply stops communicating with the
server, and after a while the server kills it.

the original script used a readfile($filename) function, I have also
tryed to replace it with fopen($filename, 'rb') and a while cicle with
fread($filename, $chunksize), but with no success.

the server is Windows Server 2003 with IIS.

php Version is 5.2.5

any of you experienced a similar problem, or has any idea on what
could be the problem?

Thanks,

Giulio
Giulio Mastrosanti
giulio@cantoberon.it






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