Re: Re: How to count transfered kBytes in File-Download

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 13:27 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Good morning Jim, > > Thank your for your help, I will now adapt my scripts and test it. > > And if a user had done a partial download, how can I set the pointer to > resume the download? I personaly find websites offering downloads but > not resuming very annoying, so I like to do it better... :-) > > I know I have to get a $_HTTP['????'] header for the partial request, > but which? And then I have too seek fread() right? But how? > > > Then here, do this... > > > > $current_size = 0; > > while ( !feof($HANDLER) ) { > > $current_size += $buffer; > > echo fread($HANDLE, $buffer); > > } > > > > Now, do what you want with $current_size > > > > Maybe have a variable that you check it against that contains the users > > allow amount of transfer... > > > > $current_size = 0; > > while ( !feof($HANDLER) && $current_size < $allowed_limit ) { > > $current_size += $buffer; > > echo fread($HANDLE, $buffer); > > } > > > > Hope this gets you leading down the right path... > > Yes. :-) > > However, I do not want to break downloads... > So I check the $current_size AFTER each completed download and since > $USER can only download one file at once, it should work without any > problems. > > Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening > Michelle Konzack > Systemadministrator > 24V Electronic Engineer > Tamay Dogan Network > Debian GNU/Linux Consultant > > I don't think this is actually possible. I've never seen it happen before. It would need some sort of dedicated client-side software to recognise exactly how much has been downloaded and then request the rest of it. A browser doesn't yet have this capability I believe. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk