On 6/9/07, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tijnema wrote: > On 6/9/07, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Tijnema wrote: >> > Hmm, fseek seems cool, but what about FTP resources? If I open them >> > with ftp_connect, do I need to fetch all data from FTP again, and then >> > just trash all data I don't need? >> >> Yes, but depending on what you're actually doing you may be able to >> cache enough to skip large chunks in subsequent requests. >> >> -Stut > > Well, I'm working on a script that can transfer large files over HTTP. > The point is that I have a HTTP proxy at school, and so I can use HTTP > only. Moreover, they blocked downloading files bigger than 1MB, and > so, I wanted to transfer files in packets of lets say 990KB, so that > they can be downloaded fine through the HTTP proxy. This means i'm > calling repeatly the script for a next chunk, and that's why I wanted > to keep the FTP connection open. Write it to a temporary file and store that temporary filename in the session. When the page is called, get the filesize of the temporary file and use that as the start of the next chunk to download. -Stut
Do you think this is the best way to do? Even for large files , let's say 1 DVD (4,7GB)? Tijnema
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