Re: Tracking file download progress

At 5:28 PM +1000 12/24/09, STEEL wrote:

Hi all! Here is the problem: i have PHP script that takes URL of file from client and downloads it to my server. But when file is downloading, clients see blank page. How can I track file download progress on the server side(easier) and send result to client lively, to show it like a progress bar in web browser? Googled around, found JQuery and JsHttpRequest, but can't understand both for my task =) If everyone knows please give me some advice Best regards

Hi: I usually solve that problem by presenting the user with an animated wait gif -- here are some examples (use as you may): http://webbytedd.com/bb/wait/ If you think about it, the user doesn't really need to know how much has been downloaded. They just need to know that something is happening and this does that. Cheers and Merry Christmas. tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com