[PHP] Upload using FTP commands
Hi, I want to give my client the ability to upload large files ( around 20MB ) to a webspace. I reckon that using the FTP commands of PHP would be the best bet, but is it possible to allow them to do this through an online form. This is my vision: the client logs in to a form that has an upload button, and the upload button uses the FTP commands to upload the file. Is that do-able in PHP ? Cheers! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Upload using FTP commands
Take a look here: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.ftp.php You might have some issues with the memory limit in PHP so that might have to be boosted for 20MB files. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Matthew Croud m...@obviousdigital.comwrote: Hi, I want to give my client the ability to upload large files ( around 20MB ) to a webspace. I reckon that using the FTP commands of PHP would be the best bet, but is it possible to allow them to do this through an online form. This is my vision: the client logs in to a form that has an upload button, and the upload button uses the FTP commands to upload the file. Is that do-able in PHP ? Cheers! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Upload using FTP commands
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 17:24 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote: Hi, I want to give my client the ability to upload large files ( around 20MB ) to a webspace. I reckon that using the FTP commands of PHP would be the best bet, but is it possible to allow them to do this through an online form. This is my vision: the client logs in to a form that has an upload button, and the upload button uses the FTP commands to upload the file. Is that do-able in PHP ? Cheers! What would be the point? You would have to set up your server to allow large files to be uploaded in order for them to be used by PHP, and by that time, unless you're putting them onto a remote server, there's no point in using the FTP functions of PHP. What I've found quite reliable is to use PHP to create FTP user accounts, which they can then log in to and upload files as they need. HTTP was not really intended for uploading large files, but FTP is, and every OS has some form of FTP software built in that can be used very easily. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Upload using FTP commands
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukwrote: On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 17:24 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote: Hi, I want to give my client the ability to upload large files ( around 20MB ) to a webspace. I reckon that using the FTP commands of PHP would be the best bet, but is it possible to allow them to do this through an online form. This is my vision: the client logs in to a form that has an upload button, and the upload button uses the FTP commands to upload the file. Is that do-able in PHP ? Cheers! What would be the point? You would have to set up your server to allow large files to be uploaded in order for them to be used by PHP, and by that time, unless you're putting them onto a remote server, there's no point in using the FTP functions of PHP. Ashley makes a nice point. When I have control over the server, I don't use PHP's FTP capabilities at all. However, on some shared severs you're only HTTP upload options are to set a directory to 777 (Yikes!), or do some work with PHP's FTP functions. What I've done in the past on shared hosts is setup an upload FTP account that has access to one directory. Then, I develop a form to upload the file. Once a file is uploaded, I use PHP's FTP functions to place the file in the directory. This way I avoid the security issues of 777, maintain an easy-to-use interface (some clients don't want to use FTP), and continue to use the hosting the client prefers. There is a cost to this method, but sometimes it's worth the cost. Just another way of doing things. Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
