Corrupted (.pcgz) file is generated when opening the downloaded .zip file

[hazem-taha]

Discussed in #61

^{Originally posted by hazem-taha June 24, 2021}
Hello,

After clicking the downloaded .zip file, that file is generated as per the below screenshot..

this is the implemented methods in my model class..

    public function selectPersonalData(PersonalDataSelection $personalData): void
    {
        $personalData
            ->add('user.json', [
             'name' => $this->name,
            'email' => $this->email,
            ]);
    }

    public function personalDataExportName(): string {
        $userName = Str::slug($this->name);

        return "personal-data-{$userName}.zip";
    }

I'm using Laravel v8.20.1

my config/personal-data-export.php file..

<?php

return [
    /*
     * The disk where the exports will be stored by default.
     */
    'disk' => 'personal-data-exports',

    /*
     * The amount of days the exports will be available.
     */
    'delete_after_days' => 5,

    /*
     * Determines whether the user should be logged in to be able
     * to access the export.
     */
    'authentication_required' => false,

    /*
     * The mailable which will be sent to the user when the export
     * has been created.
     */
    'mailable' => \Spatie\PersonalDataExport\Mail\PersonalDataExportCreatedMail::class,

    /*
     * Configure the queue and connection used by `CreatePersonalDataExportJob`
     * which will create the export.
     */
    'job' => [
        'queue' => null,
        'connection' => null,
    ],
];

I found something weird, the files generated inside storage/app/personal-data-exports are valid and correct but when they are downloaded, they become corrupted

Thanks in advance.

[hazem-taha]

OK I found the solution, I had to add ob_end_clean(); before starting streaming the file, but why do I need to use this to fix ?!