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
