Public Ftp Folder.

[nativeg]

I have a client who wants to be able to send me files from his computer to my server via FTP.

 

The problem is that he does not have an ftp client on his computer. I created a PHP script that would let him upload files directly using the <form><input type="file" method. The problem with that is that the PHP settings on the server restrict files to 3 Mb or less. The client wants to send me entire folders of his work and they can be up to 50Mb in size.

 

Is there a way to use the Public FTP folder to set it up as portal for this customer to send me files larger than 3 Mb in size.

 

I am not asking for the Server settings to be changed because I feel that is a crazy way to try to solve this problem.

I have asked the client to purchase some FTP software, but he seems unresponsive to that solution.

 

Any ideas?

[TCH-Don]

For your script

Just put in your .htaccess file in your public_html directory the following line:

 

php_value upload_max_filesize 75M

 

or whatever limit you need, but set a limit.

[TCH-Thomas]

There is alot of free ftp programs. A few of them can be found in the All about ftp thread.

[nativeg]

Don,

That seems to workfor the larger files, thank you.

 

Do you know if there is anything that I can do to upload entire file folders instead of just individual files.

[nativeg]

Tom,

 

The problem is that the client does not want to load an ftp program on his computer, free or otherwise.

For a while he was sending me everything on CD. He is a rather strange bird, but he sends me a huge amount of work, and always pays on time.

[TCH-Bruce]

He could zip the folder on his end and then upload it.

[nativeg]

Bruce,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

This guy is a great Graphic Artist but if it is not PhotoShop he doesn't want to have anything to do with it. He claims that he is too busy doing his art work to learn anything else.

 

Zipit. He won't go that route. He is too darn lazy for zipping somethng.

 

Thanks anyway.

[TCH-Thomas]

I would tell him that if he learns to zip it, the file might get smaller = faster transfer. Then he gets more time to do what he does.

[TCH-Bruce]

He is too darn lazy for zipping somethng.

I know plenty of people like that.