This is a variation on a previous question as I am having tons of trouble finding answers in all my relentless online searches.
Am designing a website for an architecture firm. They want their clients to be able to upload files to them, through a link on their site, via ftp. They also want to have a sign in for their clients, and ensure the uploads are secure.
I can figure out how to make a form that has a file upload area – but just don’t understand the ftp and the secure part…
I understand html, css and a bit of JQuery; the rest is still very challenging to me.
Have found something called net2ftp that claims to do what I’m looking for – but the even the installation instructions (for administrators, here: http://www.net2ftp.com/help.html) confuse me. Do I need a MySQL database? Where do I put in Admin password they refer to? It goes on…
Is there anything “easier” out there that anyone knows of? I have read that I should be Googling “file managers” – but don’t know if these can be embedded in a client’s website.
I even need to understand of what happens to said file, and where it ends up, when client clicks the upload link.
Oh – I am so in over head on this one.
As far as I can see, it’s possible to make a HTTP upload to a FTP server simply by having the file moved to the same directory accessible from a FTP server. For example, say that the FTP server has a user who can access /home/ftp. You may simply move uploaded files there once the upload finishes (by using move_uploaded_file() in PHP, for example).
The secure part could refer to SSL (quite complicated, and setting this up probably belongs on serverfault), or just a log in system; the latter can be implemented with a database.
Overall, from the sound of it, this project may be a little too much for you right now. You should: