Re: [PHP] client-side zip of POST or GET data, auto unzip on server.
Hello, "Petre Agenbag" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm wondering if something like this will be possible. I am correct in thinking that POST and GET data are sent as plain text? Not always. (POST - SSL) And, that being plain text, they should probably be highly compactable by zip utils? Not really sure how you can do this... The reason I'm thinking this route is that I have a couple of forms for some client websites that are particularly large, some of the POST data sent are more than 2 MB, but obviously it can vary depending on the amount of data entered by the user ( I cannot limit this, as these forms are assessment forms, and they need to contain all relevant info, regardless of size ). All fields are text fields. 2MB of TEXT? If my calculation is correct hat would be over 2 million characters! I'm sure you can limit the size depending on when and where they enter "relevant info". So, what happens now is that for some users on slow connections, these forms can either take years or they simply time out every time. I'm afraid so... Being a specific application with controlled number of users, I wouldn't think it bad practise to force the user to install a "zip" package on his pc; that's to say if it would be possible to write some client side script (JS?) that will receive the form data, zip it, then send the I don't think this is possible. zipped packet via POST or GET as per usual to the server, where, upon receipt, the POST package is "unzipped" and the handled as per usual. How? Would something like this be possible or feasible at all? Are there other better ways to accomplish this? I think it'd be better to divide your form(s) in different sections and POST data in smaller units. Or, perhaps, you can just ask them to (1) create a text file (better if it's XML) then (2) zip it if it's big and then (3) upload them to the server. Then, perhaps, you can write a script that would parse the file and do whatever is needed. (Unzip it first if necessary.) Just an idea... - E -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] client-side zip of POST or GET data, auto unzip on server.
Hi Yes, I thought your last comment would also be doable, but it would be nice to have this zipping done on the user' behalf. The whole reason why I *think* this is possible, is because you can unzip and process the data on the server side in an automatic way, so it *should* be possible to do this on client side as well, I just don't know how... Something like a zip-wrapper for form data, or any data for that matter... Hope someone else can shed some ideas??? On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 10:56, @ Edwin wrote: Hello, Petre Agenbag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm wondering if something like this will be possible. I am correct in thinking that POST and GET data are sent as plain text? Not always. (POST - SSL) And, that being plain text, they should probably be highly compactable by zip utils? Not really sure how you can do this... The reason I'm thinking this route is that I have a couple of forms for some client websites that are particularly large, some of the POST data sent are more than 2 MB, but obviously it can vary depending on the amount of data entered by the user ( I cannot limit this, as these forms are assessment forms, and they need to contain all relevant info, regardless of size ). All fields are text fields. 2MB of TEXT? If my calculation is correct hat would be over 2 million characters! I'm sure you can limit the size depending on when and where they enter relevant info. So, what happens now is that for some users on slow connections, these forms can either take years or they simply time out every time. I'm afraid so... Being a specific application with controlled number of users, I wouldn't think it bad practise to force the user to install a zip package on his pc; that's to say if it would be possible to write some client side script (JS?) that will receive the form data, zip it, then send the I don't think this is possible. zipped packet via POST or GET as per usual to the server, where, upon receipt, the POST package is unzipped and the handled as per usual. How? Would something like this be possible or feasible at all? Are there other better ways to accomplish this? I think it'd be better to divide your form(s) in different sections and POST data in smaller units. Or, perhaps, you can just ask them to (1) create a text file (better if it's XML) then (2) zip it if it's big and then (3) upload them to the server. Then, perhaps, you can write a script that would parse the file and do whatever is needed. (Unzip it first if necessary.) Just an idea... - E -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] client-side zip of POST or GET data, auto unzip on server.
Hi I'm wondering if something like this will be possible. I am correct in thinking that POST and GET data are sent as plain text? And, that being plain text, they should probably be highly compactable by zip utils? The reason I'm thinking this route is that I have a couple of forms for some client websites that are particularly large, some of the POST data sent are more than 2 MB, but obviously it can vary depending on the amount of data entered by the user ( I cannot limit this, as these forms are assessment forms, and they need to contain all relevant info, regardless of size ). All fields are text fields. So, what happens now is that for some users on slow connections, these forms can either take years or they simply time out every time. Being a specific application with controlled number of users, I wouldn't think it bad practise to force the user to install a zip package on his pc; that's to say if it would be possible to write some client side script (JS?) that will receive the form data, zip it, then send the zipped packet via POST or GET as per usual to the server, where, upon receipt, the POST package is unzipped and the handled as per usual. Would something like this be possible or feasible at all? Are there other better ways to accomplish this? Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
