PHP 7.4 and higher or version 8, the download for bigger files not possible, maybe script not for newer versions? If you have an idea that this script can run on newer versions of PHP, please help.

A self hosted website which allows downloading files from your webserver - niv-d/simple-php-downloader ...

I'm trying to figure out how to provide access to files in a secured directory via php. Here's the sample code:index.php ...