uploading large files to a website?

colm_ei

Hi guys,

I have a website I'm planning on 'officially' going live in August. The most important part of the site is a file upload feature. Currently, I'm asking customers to download filezilla FTP client to allow them upload large files directly to my server (30 - 60min video clips etc.).

I'm wondering, is it possible to put a tidy file upload form on the website that will accept such large files?? The idea of having people download the FTP client is quite offputting like..

I know there's the work wanted superthread which I must use if I look for help, so if this is possible, I expect I'll be posting more detail on that thread.

thanks for any advice..

SweetCaliber

I presume you are using PHP ?

If so then if uploading a large file you will probably get a timeout error.

Take a look at your php.ini and change your max_execution_time value and that should allow for a longer execution time.

If the file is really large then a flash uploaded or a JavaScript one with a progress bar may also help!

Trojan

You should also increase your PHP max_upload_size and max_post_size. You can set these in your .htaccess if you don't have access to php.ini - if you add them in .htaccess you should prefix them with "php_value" like this:

php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
php_value post_max_size 64M
php_value max_execution_time 200
php_value max_input_time 200

etc.

You may need to experiment with different values for both size and time variables.

HTH.

colm_ei

thanks guys for the advice..

I'm only learning as I go along, so wasn't sure this was even possible. When I typed this, I never even heard of php.imi's ..

I was linked to a script for this, and will look to edit it with everythin ye advised here..

thanks a lot..