Title: WordPress download_url() function “transfer closed” error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WordPress download_url() function “transfer closed” error

 *  [domsmariano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devdoms/)
 * (@devdoms)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-download_url-function-transfer-closed-error/)
 * I was trying to use the WordPress download_url() function to download [http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.mmdb.gz](http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.mmdb.gz).
 * I get this error transfer closed with 15867897 bytes remaining to read. I’m using
   this in a Vagrant VVV environment. I’d like to know why this happens and how 
   to fix it.
 * Edit: This was working before when I started using it for a plugin I was developing
   3 months ago. That was on Vagrant VVV environment on an Ubuntu 14.04 host. Now
   I’m using the same environment on an OSX 10.9.5 host. Not sure if that’s relevant
   since it’s the same VVV setup. I’m sure there’s an alternative, like doing this
   download directly with CURL instead of relying on WordPress functions. But that
   would be my last option.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-download_url-function-transfer-closed-error/)
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