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Easy Digital Downloads Documentation

Documentation, Reference Materials, and Tutorials for Easy Digital Downloads 

Configuration for Lighttpd fastcgi-php.conf

When using Lighttpd as the server technology, it is necessary to ensure that your fastcgi-php.conf file is configured correctly, otherwise, you may experience problems with file downloads.

In your fastcgi-php.conf file, ensure you have allow-x-send-file enabled, like so:

"allow-x-send-file" => "enable"

If you do not enable allow-x-send-file, you may get corrupted file downloads, as detailed in this support ticket.

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