FTP upload vs. POST upload

[lammspillning]

I'm trying to upload big files to my ftp. I know my webhost has a max upload limit on 20MB, but that's why I'm trying to upload using ftp instead of the regular one here first. Can someone explain why I don't seem to be able to upload big files with the ftp code, I was under the impression it had no limit on ftp uploads.. or am I missing something?

The regular code:

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'], "./files/".$_FILES['Filedata']['name']);
chmod("./files/".$_FILES['Filedata']['name'], 0777); 

Ftp code:

$conn_id = ftp_connect("ftp.myserver.com"); 

$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "user", "pass"); 

$source_file = $selectedFile;
$destination_file = $myFileName;

$upload = ftp_put($conn_id, $destination_file, $source_file, FTP_BINARY);

ftp_close($conn_id); 

[Dan Grossman]

ftp_put uploads a local file (one that's on your server) to the destination FTP server. That doesn't help you get the large file from the client to your server.

[lammspillning]

Ok, Is there another function that enables me to use a file that's NOT local then?

[Dan Grossman]

Ok, Is there another function that enables me to use a file that's NOT local then?

No, your server side code cannot interact with the client's hard drive, so there can't be a PHP function to get around a file upload limit set by the host. The client has to upload the file to the server before PHP can do anything with it.

[lammspillning]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
hehe I'm never going to solve this then

[simshaun]

How big of file is it?

[lammspillning]

Well it's not specified, but I want user to be able to upload movies and stuff on my ftp, so about 20-300MB

[Dan Grossman]

Perhaps you could find a user-friendly Java applet for uploading to your FTP server.

http://www.hotscripts.com/category/j...le-management/

[simshaun]

You may want to look into developing or finding a Java solution that will chunk a file (on the client's side) in order to upload it.

[lammspillning]

hmm yeah I could look into it, but I'm building a full flash based site, so that may not work for me..

[Dan Grossman]

hmm yeah I could look into it, but I'm building a full flash based site, so that may not work for me..

You can write an FTP client with Flash using sockets... I know there's socket interfaces in Flex...

[lammspillning]

Ooh.. that sound interesting! I will look into that then
Thanks alot for the help!

[crmalibu]

But can flash read the filesystem? I thought it couldn't.

[Dan Grossman]

But can flash read the filesystem? I thought it couldn't.

It can. I'm sure that implies some kind of security consideration (I've seen Flash pop up a security box asking me permission to access things on my system before) but I don't know how that works.

[spiderling]

I've used JumpLoader Java applet which provides partitioned uploads, resume broken uploads and many other features. It's free, unless you want to remove the subtle display of its logo.