On Sat, June 2, 2007 9:42 am, Mark wrote: > I`m currently making a script and i`m having the intention of getting > it to > work on as much hosts as possible. > The big problem with this is that some host (mostly free hosts) turn > off > alot of vital functions that i need to get for > example the filesize of a remote file (or anything remote). Now i had > the > idea to use some javascript ajax > requests to a host that does support that stuff so that it`s still > availible > on alot hosts.. even if they have it turned off. > > Now i`m just wondering how you guys would go arround a problem like > this and > if you think the above is a good idea..? > btw.. i have the remote filesize stuff with the help of javascript and > ajax > working so it`s not a impossible idea.. it`s probably just a little > harder > when you need to get remoe (xml) files with net security update.. or > even > the remote creation of thumbnails.
You could, perhaps, write various "fallback" functions to try to find the filesize... See if filesize(REMOTE) works. See if curl is installed, and do a HEAD request for HTTP If it's FTP, see if PHP has ftp functions. You might want to use JS as a last resort, as you can't guarentee that it will be enabled on the browser, nor that the various security resrictions won't trip you up. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
