File Upload

filch · Mar 16th, 2010, 12:25 PM

Ben, have you ever considered using Perl instead of PHP for the file upload functionality? Allows for larger files and is generally faster. Plus easier to emply a progress bar.

Just wondering.

Dave

***Ben*** · Mar 22nd, 2010, 7:35 PM

Hey Dave,

I'm afraid I haven't no. Actually, it's been a few years since I played around with Perl.

I don't doubt it's faster though; PHP's a great language in some ways, but Perl is far far far more refined. But filesize limitations is entirely configurable by the server; I don't believe there's any max size that PHP can handle - but most servers have it set to something quite low (<10 MB).

- Ben

filch · Mar 22nd, 2010, 7:40 PM

(Mar 22nd, 2010, 7:35 PM)Ben Wrote: Hey Dave,

I'm afraid I haven't no. Actually, it's been a few years since I played around with Perl.

I don't doubt it's faster though; PHP's a great language in some ways, but Perl is far far far more refined. But filesize limitations is entirely configurable by the server; I don't believe there's any max size that PHP can handle - but most servers have it set to something quite low (<10 MB).

- Ben

It is really more about the memory that PHP uses for large file uploads and even more about providing some feedback to the user about the progress of the file upload .

Cheers,

Dave

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