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Dizzutch · Jan 4th, 2005, 1:59 PM

Hey all
I'm setting up a little script that displays pictures that are stored in a tree in my DocumentRoot on my server. Yesterday i wrote a script that uploads new photos into a new directory, and creates thumbnails of the images to be used in the script. I am using the html

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<input type="file">

to upload the files, and it works fine. The problem i have with it is that it is rather slow, process consuming, and i have a hard time uploading batches of files, or an entire album to put it in this context. Now before i start coding a way at finding a different method (maybe FTP) I thought i'd post to see if anybody had any ideas on how to upload a bunch of files in an easy, quick way.
Any ideas are appreciated.

-JSS

tempest · Jan 4th, 2005, 6:54 PM

Sadly, there is no real quick way. What you seem to have is pretty much then best that you are going to get.

Dizzutch · Jan 4th, 2005, 7:31 PM

hmm, i'm tempted to write a designated server/client pair to handle this request. CGI might be able to help me better.

thanks

-JSS

BlazingWolf · Jan 4th, 2005, 8:22 PM

It will always be slow as most home internet connections have terrible upload speeds.

Dizzutch · Jan 4th, 2005, 11:00 PM

very true, but also because uploading 10MB of files over the http protocol manages to slow apache and my server down considerably, which doesn't happen over NFS or any other protocol. I'm really not sure what exactly is causing the slow-down, but it's quite annoying.

Jan 4th, 2005, 1:59 PM	#1
Dizzutch Professional Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 441 Rep Power: 4	Hey all I'm setting up a little script that displays pictures that are stored in a tree in my DocumentRoot on my server. Yesterday i wrote a script that uploads new photos into a new directory, and creates thumbnails of the images to be used in the script. I am using the html (Toggle Plain Text) <input type="file"> <input type="file"> to upload the files, and it works fine. The problem i have with it is that it is rather slow, process consuming, and i have a hard time uploading batches of files, or an entire album to put it in this context. Now before i start coding a way at finding a different method (maybe FTP) I thought i'd post to see if anybody had any ideas on how to upload a bunch of files in an easy, quick way. Any ideas are appreciated. -JSS __________________ naked pictures of you \| PFO F@H stats

Jan 4th, 2005, 6:54 PM	#2
tempest Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,041 Rep Power: 6	Sadly, there is no real quick way. What you seem to have is pretty much then best that you are going to get. __________________

Jan 4th, 2005, 7:31 PM	#3
Dizzutch Professional Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 441 Rep Power: 4	hmm, i'm tempted to write a designated server/client pair to handle this request. CGI might be able to help me better. thanks -JSS __________________ naked pictures of you \| PFO F@H stats

Jan 4th, 2005, 8:22 PM	#4
BlazingWolf Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 207 Rep Power: 5	It will always be slow as most home internet connections have terrible upload speeds. __________________ _______________________________ BlazingWolf

Jan 4th, 2005, 11:00 PM	#5
Dizzutch Professional Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 441 Rep Power: 4	very true, but also because uploading 10MB of files over the http protocol manages to slow apache and my server down considerably, which doesn't happen over NFS or any other protocol. I'm really not sure what exactly is causing the slow-down, but it's quite annoying. __________________ naked pictures of you \| PFO F@H stats

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