Re[2]: [PHP] Delivering large files via PHP (>300MB)

2004-12-13 Thread Richard Davey
Hello rouvas, Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 2:45:16 PM, you wrote: r> Not to the web root, but to an arbitrary named on-the-fly created dir r> protected with a *custom* (and different for each dir) .htaccess file (and r> accompanying htpasswd entries). Then, there would be no single pass to share.

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Delivering large files via PHP (>300MB)

2004-12-13 Thread James Stewart
On Dec 14, 2004, at 8:53 AM, Richard Davey wrote: Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 1:33:07 PM, you wrote: r> Why don't you take the PHP out of the loop entirely? r> Make a dir into the Apache area with a custom .htaccess r> (with usernames/passwords, etc) and put the required files there. Then the files

Re[2]: [PHP] Delivering large files via PHP (>300MB)

2004-12-13 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Bruce, Monday, December 13, 2004, 9:22:52 PM, you wrote: BD> you might also look into 'bit torrent'... Not really any use at all in this situation. Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar

Re[2]: [PHP] Delivering large files via PHP (>300MB)

2004-12-13 Thread Richard Davey
Hello rouvas, Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 1:33:07 PM, you wrote: r> Why don't you take the PHP out of the loop entirely? r> Make a dir into the Apache area with a custom .htaccess r> (with usernames/passwords, etc) and put the required files there. Then the files have to be within the web root a

Re[2]: [PHP] Delivering large files via PHP (>300MB)

2004-12-13 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Greg, Monday, December 13, 2004, 9:42:30 PM, you wrote: GD> Use set_time_limit(0); to prevent the timeout. ignore_user_abort() is GD> pretty handy too. Yeah, I have the time-out limit in there already (the client end will detect for a time-out from the server as well). GD> If that doesn'

Re[2]: [PHP] Delivering large files via PHP (>300MB)

2004-12-13 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Richard, Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 12:02:19 AM, you wrote: RL> This sounds an awful lot like various web installers. Sure, there's nothing unique about the concept. The aim was to reduce to load on the web server and make things a little easier for the end user. You can code Install Shie