by Francisco Gómez.
I am using a local server with Xampp on windows 10 64 bits version 2004 and Xampp with PHP 7.4.8. I have checked that this also happens when downloading large files, whether they are pdf or from the folder resource when I select download full folder. Until a few months ago the entire folder was downloaded and now only download the compressed folder with 0 bytes is downloaded.
A few months ago I also downloaded the backup of a course completely, but something has changed, either in the last version of Moodle (Moodle 3.9.1+ (Build: 20200723) or in the configuration of Xampp, that now the big files are downloaded with 0 bytes.
For example, I have just downloaded a backup of a course entirely of 7.32 MB. But in other courses where the backup is, for example, 37.7MB already downloads it to 0 bytes. However in the local server with Xampp it restores it perfectly. The only way that I have found to take that backup is following your recommendations in this forum, that is to go to moodledata and although the files are encrypted I can locate them by the date of creation and by the size. For example the backup of the 37.7 megas course that from Moodle with Xampp, when I download it goes down to 0 bytes. I found the backup of the course in moodledata in the path: moodledata\filedir\1c\e7 and with the name: 1ce7b42d8962f33ffe0c1cc04386d73c91fe39f4 and I see that it is the backup that I just generated by the date of modification and by the size that matches, I rename 1ce7b42d8962f33ffe0c1cc04386d73c91fe39f4 namecourse. mbz and I can take it to the installation I have in a professional hosting provider.
This is the only solution I have for now to rescue the backups and restore them in other Moodle sites. Still, I haven't found how to download big files, so if a pdf is too big I have to cut it up or put it outside moodle with a link to it, still inside the Xampp server and it works, and yet inside Moodle big files are downloaded at 0 bytes. I manage two Moodle platforms, one in local with Xampp and another one in a professional hosting with x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu host with Nginx server and it restores correctly.
But I am just a school teacher specialized in teaching English in a Primary School and representative of computer media, but I am not a computer specialist. Let's see if some of our IT colleagues in this forum can help us because 3 or 4 months ago the local Xampp installation was working perfectly; then it's possible that this happened or because of an update of Xampp or Moodle or a misconfiguration of Xampp or Moodle.
I'm intrigued to know why this behaviour might be happening.
Has this ever happened to anyone before and been resolved?
Greetings from Murcia.
A few months ago I also downloaded the backup of a course completely, but something has changed, either in the last version of Moodle (Moodle 3.9.1+ (Build: 20200723) or in the configuration of Xampp, that now the big files are downloaded with 0 bytes.
For example, I have just downloaded a backup of a course entirely of 7.32 MB. But in other courses where the backup is, for example, 37.7MB already downloads it to 0 bytes. However in the local server with Xampp it restores it perfectly. The only way that I have found to take that backup is following your recommendations in this forum, that is to go to moodledata and although the files are encrypted I can locate them by the date of creation and by the size. For example the backup of the 37.7 megas course that from Moodle with Xampp, when I download it goes down to 0 bytes. I found the backup of the course in moodledata in the path: moodledata\filedir\1c\e7 and with the name: 1ce7b42d8962f33ffe0c1cc04386d73c91fe39f4 and I see that it is the backup that I just generated by the date of modification and by the size that matches, I rename 1ce7b42d8962f33ffe0c1cc04386d73c91fe39f4 namecourse. mbz and I can take it to the installation I have in a professional hosting provider.
This is the only solution I have for now to rescue the backups and restore them in other Moodle sites. Still, I haven't found how to download big files, so if a pdf is too big I have to cut it up or put it outside moodle with a link to it, still inside the Xampp server and it works, and yet inside Moodle big files are downloaded at 0 bytes. I manage two Moodle platforms, one in local with Xampp and another one in a professional hosting with x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu host with Nginx server and it restores correctly.
But I am just a school teacher specialized in teaching English in a Primary School and representative of computer media, but I am not a computer specialist. Let's see if some of our IT colleagues in this forum can help us because 3 or 4 months ago the local Xampp installation was working perfectly; then it's possible that this happened or because of an update of Xampp or Moodle or a misconfiguration of Xampp or Moodle.
I'm intrigued to know why this behaviour might be happening.
Has this ever happened to anyone before and been resolved?
Greetings from Murcia.