[FX.php List] PHP Batch uploading

[Bob Patin]

I'm not going to sweat it at this point; they're going to have to ZIP  
their photos together. They do approx. 100 photos of every inspection,  
plus audio comments and a transcription, so I'm hoping that will work  
for them...

Bob Patin
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On Sep 4, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> Bob, I think what is suggested here is the photos get zipped so  
> there's one upload, but as part of the upload process, your PHP  
> would unzip the images and process them individually.
>
> I know zipping by the client is an extra step, but at least that  
> would allow for a single uploaded file. Maybe okay if the un-zipping  
> is automated?
>
> Dale
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> Yeah but they want to be able to view their photos online; they do  
>> insurance inspections, and need to be able to go through their  
>> photos.
>>
>> I've already suggested the ZIP file idea to my client, but wanted  
>> to see if anyone's written a reliable batch script in PHP that  
>> would work cross-platform.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions
>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>> 615-333-6858
>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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>> AIM: longterm1954
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>> On Sep 4, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm, is would be simpler to upload a zip file and decompress it in  
>>> the script...
>>>
>>> 2008/9/4 Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
>>>> I have a client for whom I just wrote a document-management  
>>>> system. Today he
>>>> made a new request:
>>>>
>>>> They'd like to be able to batch-upload a folder-full of files at  
>>>> one time,
>>>> rather than using the standard web upload dialog, which is what  
>>>> they have
>>>> right now.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a way to do this with a web form?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bob Patin
>>>> Longterm Solutions
>>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>>> 615-333-6858
>>>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>>>> iChat: bobpatin
>>>> AIM: longterm1954
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