Yes, you should be able to

davecoventry — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:32:22 +0000

Yes, you should be able to use ajax to set up cummunication between the browser and the serverside script.

In fact I've spotted this page: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-v525/index.html

which has all the code and also explanations.

Excellent results! It's a

UK_Dave — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:54:08 +0000

Excellent results!

It's a simple solution to a problem that's been bugging me for years, and it's totally free!

I don't even need email notification because I'm generally in touch with my clients when I recommend uploading rather than emailing big files.

A progress bar would be useful though - could I build one into it?

Thanks Dave, I'll experiment

UK_Dave — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:49:45 +0000

Thanks Dave,

I'll experiment with this tomorrow and let you know. I'm sure this technique could be popular with many people in my business if it works reliably.

Dave, Just had a quick

davecoventry — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:57:38 +0000

Dave,

Just had a quick Google:

http://www.google.co.za/search?rlz=1C1CHMA_enZA333ZA333&aq=f&sourceid=ch...

This one will probably do it:

http://www.phpeasystep.com/phptu/1.html

It's got 2 php files, one with the html and javascript, the other with the serverside php script.

Copy and paste them and see how you go.

As regards the mechanism to tell you which file was uploaded, I was thinking you could do it with the mysql database, but you could simply ask the person uploading to send an email. Or you could copy and paste the send email script on this page: http://email.about.com/cs/phpemailtips/qt/et031202.htm into the serverside uploading script so that it automatically sends notification.

Goodnight. It's almost midnight here; I'm going to hit the sack.

Great, thanks. Not being a

UK_Dave — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:38:26 +0000

Great, thanks. Not being a programmer I will need someone to help me with that. PHP is OK and I have used it for a couple of forums, but have no idea where to start with anything other than pre-written scripts. Maybe there's a package available which I can buy for a small sum?

Javascript does have a

davecoventry — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:54:23 +0000

Javascript does have a method of uploading files, but you need something on the server side to handle the upload.

This could be in php or in Perl, whichever your server supports (if you're using mysql, I would expect php to be enabled).

Additionally you would need a mechanism to tell you where the uploaded file is, possibly through your mysql datadase.