[PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Jon Westcot
Hi all: I'm working on a project that requires frequent updating of a large amount of data to a MySQL database. Currently, I'm trying to transfer a CSV file to the server, have it process the file, and then delete it once the processing is complete. Rather than waste the up-front time of

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Andrew Ballard
How big is the file? fgetcsv() will read any file that you can get a handle to using fopen() or fsockopen(), including remote files. However, if allow_url_fopen is not enabled, you can't use fopen(). Also if the file is so large that your script is timing out while waiting for it to be uploaded,

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Wolf
Go into your php.ini file and increase the script timeout length, which should allow the upload to finish. Jon Westcot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: I'm working on a project that requires frequent updating of a large amount of data to a MySQL database. Currently, I'm trying

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Jon Westcot
: Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jon Westcot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: PHP General php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer? Go into your php.ini file and increase the script timeout length, which should

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Jon Westcot
- Original Message - From: Andrew Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PHP General php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer? How big is the file? fgetcsv() will read any file that you can get

RE: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Vo, Lance
Message- From: Jon Westcot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:18 PM To: PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer? Thanks, Wolf. I'm going to have to do a lot of long processes -- uploads, queries, and the like -- and I

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Jon Westcot
- Original Message - From: Jon Westcot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PHP General php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer? Hi Andrew: Thanks for the reply. If I use fopen() to open

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Andrew Ballard
On 10/24/07, Jon Westcot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The test file that I'm using -- which probably is a small version of the normal file -- is around 60 MB in size (just under 30,000 records). That sounds like a rather large file to process anyway. You might need to use some scheduled task

Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer?

2007-10-24 Thread Edward Vermillion
PM To: PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Can a PHP script process a file on a remote computer? Thanks, Wolf. I'm going to have to do a lot of long processes -- uploads, queries, and the like -- and I appreciate knowing that I can adjust that. Now if I can just find the PHP.INI file