Re: upload big files

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On Sun, 2011-04-17 at 19:12 +0200, Ricardo Martinez wrote:

> thanks guys for answer,
> 
> i'm thinking in use FTP with PHP, never did it before, but don't must be
> dificult.
> I'll tell to you as finished it ;)
> 
> thanks!
> 
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ashley Sheridan
> <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> >  On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 15:47 +0200, Daniel Jost wrote:
> >
> > okay, sorry, you are right. i thought it would be purely javascript but
> > forgot the flash component.
> >
> >
> >
> >  but if you don't want your user to blindly upload 300mb over hours
> > (depending on his internet connection) there are no other possibilities than
> > using one of that components. or does anyone have another solution?
> >
> >  2011/4/16 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >   On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 15:36 +0200, Daniel Jost wrote:
> >
> > hi!
> >
> > this form would not really be a nice solution to upload 300mb. there would
> > be no progress bar and no other possibility for the user to get feedback.
> >
> > you should consider to use a java uploaded - or a bit nicer - a javascript
> > based solution like this: http://www.uploadify.com/
> >
> > <http://www.uploadify.com/>daniel
> >
> > 2011/4/14 Ricardo Martinez <hariseldom@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > Hi List!
> > >
> > > Need can upload big files ( around 300MB ) the system must be easy of use (
> > > cann't use ftp ).
> > >
> > > Was thinking in make it, using a form with post, and update the cfg files
> > > for can upload big files.
> > > But don't know how it going to work. I think that can give a lot of errors
> > > or be unestable.
> > >
> > > Just asking if anyone had a project like this one ;)
> > >
> > > Greetings!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ricardo
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > IT Architect
> > > website: http://www.pulsarinara.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Uploadify might appear to be purely Javascript, but it is in-fact Flash
> > doing the actual upload work. I've used this before, and found it impossible
> > to use without a mouse and defaults to a standard upload input element if
> > you don't have Flash player installed on that browser. These might not seem
> > like major issues, but I for one don't have Flash installed on my Windows
> > partition (found it to be too much of a security risk) and there are plenty
> > of people out there who can't use a mouse due to various disabilities. I'd
> > definitely go with the Java one if you can, as this is more portable (I
> > believe you can get them to run on iOS devices where Flash would be a no-go)
> > and would allow non-mouse navigation.
> >
> > Having said that, the last time I used Uploadify was about a year ago, so
> > things may have changed since then with regards to the non-mouse
> > interaction.
> >
> >
> >   --
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The last time I had to do something like this was for large video files
> > which could sometimes go beyond 2GB. In the end I allowed the files to be
> > transferred over FTP (with the same username/password that they logged in
> > via the web interface), but also included a Java applet in the web interface
> > as well so that it appeared to allow the upload as normal, but behind the
> > scenes it was all FTP. HTTP isn't great for large uploads, but a protocol
> > like FTP is perfectly suited for it.
> >
> >
> >   --
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 


The FTP functions in PHP are just for connecting to an FTP server from
PHP, which itself is run on a server, so you won't be able to use those
functions to allow people to upload files to your server.
-- 
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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