Once I used a Java applet which uploaded big files using POST and splitting it into pieces; when all the uploads where done a PHP script joined all the pieces. I don't know if this can be done using javascript, but I think it would be a good way to go. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Chris Johnson <cxjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:

You might also look into WebDav based solutions.  There are a couple of modules which might help.  One of them is here: http://drupal.org/project/dav

..chris

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Brian Puccio <brian@brianpuccio.net> wrote:

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If it is FTP'd you can use http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources

On Apr 25, 2009, at 3:09 AM, Luke wrote:

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I am looking for the best way to do something reasonably simple.

I need to upload files which exceed the PHP upload limit (which can be raised, but on shared hosting 8-15 MB is usually the top).

The only way I know to do that, is through FTP.

So, if a user has a big file, he uploads it via FTP, but then has to attach it to a node.

My question is: what is the most efficient or simple way to allow a user to tell a node to import a file from a particular place?

It will need to grab the file, place it in the normal files area, and then delete the one uploaded via FTP.

I suspect I'm going to end up using some mixture of CCK and PHP, but I also can't imagine that I am the first one to need a solution to this problem, so thought there might be some canned solutions out there.

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On Sun, 26 Apr 2009, Brian Puccio wrote:

If it is FTP'd you can use http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources

I like the idea of this module, however it depends upon IMCE, which is really overkill for the use case. I would like to go simpler, with maybe a dropdown of available files (from a single server side directory), which the user could select as an alternative to uploading one. If I had to, I could even use a simple textfield wherein the user entered the name of an already uploaded file. My main need is to substitute this already uploaded file for the one which would be obtained by performing an upload. Otherwise, the attachment to node method should be identical. Node level namespaces are great, but not really a must, and I am more worried about the primary objective. I am toying with the idea of modifying the filefield_sources module to do this, sans IMCE and the non relevant sources. Does this seem reasonable, or would I be more likely to get where I'm going by starting with some other module? (Attachment comes to mind, as does the core upload module, or just filefield itself). Thanks Luke

On Apr 25, 2009, at 3:09 AM, Luke wrote:

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I am looking for the best way to do something reasonably simple.

I need to upload files which exceed the PHP upload limit (which can be raised, but on shared hosting 8-15 MB is usually the top).

The only way I know to do that, is through FTP.

So, if a user has a big file, he uploads it via FTP, but then has to attach it to a node.

My question is: what is the most efficient or simple way to allow a user to tell a node to import a file from a particular place?

It will need to grab the file, place it in the normal files area, and then delete the one uploaded via FTP.

I suspect I'm going to end up using some mixture of CCK and PHP, but I also can't imagine that I am the first one to need a solution to this problem, so thought there might be some canned solutions out there.

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