I am trying to create a zip file and download that zip file on a button click in WordPress but when I try to download the file it always throws error - Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by
Here is my code -
function downloadZipFile($file_array){
# create new zip object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
# create a temp file & open it
$tmp_file = tempnam('.', '');
$zip->open($tmp_file, ZipArchive::CREATE);
# loop through each file
foreach ($file_array as $file) {
//echo $file;
# download file
$download_file = file_get_contents($file);
#add it to the zip
$zip->addFromString(basename($file), $download_file);
}
# close zip
$zip->close();
# send the file to the browser as a download
echo ABSPATH.'downloadZip.php';
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="my file.zip"');
header('Content-type: application/zip');
readfile($tmp_file);
unlink($tmp_file);
}
In the above function I am passing a file array which is coming from box api. I can see all files are coming fine from box api endpoint.