Really Big uploads

Anon

I am trying to design a site that needs the ability to handel really big uploads (300M+). I kicked up the max upload size in the php.ini file. I could upload a 75 meg file without problem. I can't get the 300 meg file to upload. I get a network socket error in both NS and IE. I have tried it accross my LAN and the web. I have a T1 so it should not be going that slow. I also increased the wait time in apache to allow for the file to upload. I have this working in perl, but when I try to use php it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions.

Thanks for your help.
Daniel

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How about switching to something that was designed to handle large files, like FTP?

Anon

I would use ftp, but the purpose of this project is to provide a web based interface for those not computer savvy enough to use ftp or something like that. I have to use a web pages.

Thanks,
Daniel

Anon

Most of your problems will come from the connection time out eviroment variables... and the max_execution_time in the php.ini.. your gonna have to play around with those inorder to get your script to run for as long as it tajkes to uplaod 300megs... And vincent does have a point... when you start having your scripts run for more than a few seconds you run into alot of problems... what if say.. 5 people all started to uplaod a 300 meg file at a time.. that would most likly bring any machine to its knees because it will keep parts of apache/php from being able to handle the other clients. You might want to investigate further into implementing some sort of ftp front end.. possibly using php-gtk and using the built in ftp funcitons or calling exec()s to the ftp program on the computer and pass it the pathname to the local file you want to uplaod... If you do some reaserch into php-gtk you will find a php-compiler which allows you to have standalone gui applications built with php its pretty sweet and you coukd just provide a simple file loader window let them select the file and boom hit the upload button and it sends it on its marry way.

-Jon