is there a way of checking the size of the file before an upload begins

11-17-2004

how can i restrict file uploads above certain size ?

is there a way of checking the size of the file before an upload begins ?

thanks for help

11-17-2004

In alt.html Mel said:

> how can i restrict file uploads above certain size ?

yes. the giggly php manual has a good section on file uploading
http://php.net/features.file-upload

if php isn't you giggly language just translate what it says into your
language or check your languages manual.

excellent forms reference:
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/index.html

> is there a way of checking the size of the file before an upload begins?

yes, see the above. just never forget where it mentions on the form the
max file size evil people can change it and make you cry.

> thanks for help

kissy

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11-17-2004

I did a quick google search and found this code. I think it will only
work on windows, in Internet Explorer

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function A()
{
var oas = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var d = document.a.b.value;
var e = oas.getFile(d);
var f = e.size;
alert(f + " bytes");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="a">
<input type="file" name="b">
<input type="button" name="c" value="SIZE" onClick="A();">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Mel wrote:
> how can i restrict file uploads above certain size ?
>
> is there a way of checking the size of the file before an upload begins ?
>
> thanks for help
>
>

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11-17-2004

Erich Musick enlightened us with:
> I did a quick google search and found this code. I think it will
> only work on windows, in Internet Explorer

In other words: useless.

Sybren
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

11-23-2004

brucie wrote:

> In alt.html Mel said:
>
>> how can i restrict file uploads above certain size ?
>
> yes. the giggly php manual has a good section on file uploading
> http://php.net/features.file-upload
>
> if php isn't you giggly language just translate what it says into your
> language or check your languages manual.
>
> excellent forms reference:
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/index.html

There are many links here -

one gets you there:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/forms.html#file-upload
.... but no word about restriction here.

another one:
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/file.html#restr
<quote>
The server-side form handler can be coded to do whatever the programmer
wants, and imposing some upper limit is clearly a must. (That is, the code
should check for the input size, and discard, or otherwise process in a
special way, submissions exceeding a reasonable limit.)
</quote>
.... but how?

And I wouldn't restrict 'restriction' to forms.
What about ftp upload?

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