Multiple form actions?

Joe826

Hi,

I run an image host and i'm trying to add multiple server support. The problem is i'm not sure how to have a single form posted to multiple actions. What I want to do this: when a user select an image to upload, I want the image to be uploaded on to the secondary image server (img.myserver.com), while all the mysql entries with the picture information should be created on the primary server (myserver.com).

Is there a standard way to go about this?

Thanks,
Joe

AstroTeg

Depends on which server is to do the work. My thought would be to have one server handle the upload and then coordinate with the other server to handle the data saving. Leave the form to do one action. This makes it easier to support and less likely a user could break the form or JavaScript.

For example, have the form submit to your main server. The script on the main server retreives the upload. This server then puts the data in the database and then writes the file to the image server (assuming this server can see the 2nd server). Once the file is copied, you can delete it from the first server. The user sees and notices nothing special going on.

Joe826

Astro, that's sort of what I was thinking. Do you know how I would go about writing directly to the other server within the script? My only thought was to create a script on the image server, and then have the upload script on the primary server call it using fopen with the necessary directions to download in URL variables. It seems like there should be an easier solution though.. maybe not I guess.

My other problem with this method is that it would be slower for the user if the image(s) have to go from their pc -> primary server -> image server. I suppose I could work around that, except I show them a newly created thumbnail of their image right after the upload is complete.

AstroTeg

It really depends on your system requirements. It wasn't clear you had thumbnails to produce afterwards. In that case, it might make sense to upload directly to the image server and have the image server populate the database. I'd recommend one script to delegate the work between the two servers.