Hi all,
just like to know if there is a way to upload very large files using chronoforms (looking at several GB).
My pb is as follows, I need to enter meta-data into the database then launch the file upload and have the two linked.
Any ideas or alternatives would be helpful.
BIG BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL REPLIES... I DON'T TAKE YOUR SPARE TIME FOR GRANTED!
just like to know if there is a way to upload very large files using chronoforms (looking at several GB).
My pb is as follows, I need to enter meta-data into the database then launch the file upload and have the two linked.
Any ideas or alternatives would be helpful.
BIG BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL REPLIES... I DON'T TAKE YOUR SPARE TIME FOR GRANTED!
Hi quicklan,
Basically 'no', at least not directly. It's unlikely that your host supports that kind of upload and they are on the big size for HTML transfer. You might be better grabbing the meta data in the form and then using some kind of file upload service for the files themselves. It might be possible to embed that in a form but I haven't tried. I found a slightly dated list of serviced here.
Bob
Basically 'no', at least not directly. It's unlikely that your host supports that kind of upload and they are on the big size for HTML transfer. You might be better grabbing the meta data in the form and then using some kind of file upload service for the files themselves. It might be possible to embed that in a form but I haven't tried. I found a slightly dated list of serviced here.
Bob
Hi Greyhead, thanks for your reply and time, I appreciate it.
We are using a dedicated server in-house (limited access only), that does encoding etc, resources are not an issue on this, I am just looking for a nice interface for the client to link the services in, maybe a custom html field would work, I'll look in to that thanks.
Ideally I was looking at launching and ftp command from Joomla (sort of a browse files and start upload thing) and using joomla to update meta data, manage users, file access, display files(video low def) and display various info but was told that wasn't possible using ftp so am looking at other approaches.
All files are to be held locally on the server for encoding purposes.
We are using a dedicated server in-house (limited access only), that does encoding etc, resources are not an issue on this, I am just looking for a nice interface for the client to link the services in, maybe a custom html field would work, I'll look in to that thanks.
Ideally I was looking at launching and ftp command from Joomla (sort of a browse files and start upload thing) and using joomla to update meta data, manage users, file access, display files(video low def) and display various info but was told that wasn't possible using ftp so am looking at other approaches.
All files are to be held locally on the server for encoding purposes.
Hi quicklan,
If it's all in-house then it might work. There's nothing in ChronoForms to prevent it. You'll need to make sure that the php.ini settings allow files that size. Test with increasing file sizes until you hit a limit. Googling around yesterday on something like 'upload very large files with php' I found some StackOverFlow answers that suggested ways of uploading using a Java applet with PHP.
Bob
If it's all in-house then it might work. There's nothing in ChronoForms to prevent it. You'll need to make sure that the php.ini settings allow files that size. Test with increasing file sizes until you hit a limit. Googling around yesterday on something like 'upload very large files with php' I found some StackOverFlow answers that suggested ways of uploading using a Java applet with PHP.
Bob
Thanks for that, I forgot to mention, the server is in-house but up-loaders are external if that makes sense. I was also looking at something either java or flash orientated to accomplish this.
Unfortunately not much of a coder, there is an extension called "Big File Uploader" which does some of what I want unfortunately not all of it... onwards and upwards.
Thanks again.
Unfortunately not much of a coder, there is an extension called "Big File Uploader" which does some of what I want unfortunately not all of it... onwards and upwards.
Thanks again.
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