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[ToonMariner]

Hi guys,

 

I would like to know a little about the physical operations of uploading a file. I'll explain why first and hopefully someone will be able to pass comment on whether what I would like to do is possible...

 

I have been using uber upload to provide a progress bar while a file uploads - this uses some perl scripts and ajax to monito the process.

 

I notice that the script accesses the temp dir - it passes a unique id and the file appears to be uploaded into that diectory inside the temp directory that has the same name as teh unique id.  I also noted that the scripts calls a file inside the unique dir called .params and .flength.

 

Now what I would like to do is monito the upload WITHOUT the perl scripts.  Could I use an ajax call to a php script that can retrieve content from these .flength files and .param files without the perl script.

 

Is the perl script responsible for creating this folder with the unique id or does the server generate this automatically? How portable is this method? (does *nix MAC and Win create these .param and flength files)

 

I would really appreciate any responses as I am keen to learn more about this subject and perhaps create a cross platform php/ajax app that can do teh job without perl.

[steviewdr]

Im sure there is a php file uploader (with progress bar) available.

 

I remember seeing one here on www.phpfreaks.com

 

-steve