Re: Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms

From	olivier.ligny@gmail.com
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Subject	Re: Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms
Date	2012-08-17 00:43 -0700
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Le vendredi 17 août 2012 03:02:19 UTC+2, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
> On 8/16/2012 7:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> > I bet it costs more than running your own virtual server with no limits
> > in upload size.
> No, a decent virtual server runs about $20/mo., plus or minus.  So it's 
> not cheaper than a virtual server.  But if you need more than the 3-4MB 
> uploads that many shared hosting accounts load, it might work.

So it's cheaper ...
It is free for personal use, with some limits.
For commercial use, it's $49/year ($4 / month), so it's definitely cheaper than a VDS.

> However, there are free services which allow the same thing and promise 
> security of your files.  Dropbox is one, for instance.

These services are not as simple as this one to setup.
This tool doesn't force you to change the way your form looks like, and doesn't need registration, so it's fine even for small websites.

Olivier

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Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms olivier.ligny@gmail.com - 2012-08-16 16:04 -0700
  Re: Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-17 00:21 +0100
    Re: Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-08-16 21:02 -0400
      Re: Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms olivier.ligny@gmail.com - 2012-08-17 00:43 -0700
        Re: Free service to allow large file upload in PHP forms Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-08-17 07:40 -0400

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