[FX.php List] PHP Batch uploading

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Well it will work alot better than uploading 100 individual files I assume...
and will be a lot more efficient than a script that emulates a folder upload.

ggt

2008/9/4 Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
> 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...
>
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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.
>>>
>>> --
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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
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