download status

[_D_]

I'm looking to create a script that enables me to see the % of a file that has been downloaded.

For example. A person goes to a download link the script then emails me or sets a status flag only if the file is fully downloaded.

This will be ued on a site to stop multiple downloads of the same file.

thanks for your time

[celestine]

Maybe you can invoke the use of Javascript to do it with PHP.

[_D_]

cant use java script as its for WAP

[firepages]

Then the answer is no short of guessing and displaying a graphic which guestimates how much info has been downloaded ...

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actually solutions are possible but they are complex on the server side and would require constantly refreshing pages or iframes on the client.

e.g. the server streams the download via a script which will periodically write to a session file the current amount of data output , the client would then refresh an iframe or similar and call another page which polls the session file and displays the (relatively) current status.
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