Question

With c# I download files with webclient as string in order to check download speed, how can I do this with javascript or PHP?
Here is my c# sample.

  Uri URL = new Uri("https://www.example.com/File512kb");
  WebClient wc = new WebClient();
  double starttime = Environment.TickCount;
  string file = wc.DownloadString(URL);     //download this file as string so I won't need to save it to local disk.
  stopWatch.Elapsed.Milliseconds;
  double endtime = Environment.TickCount;
  double milisecs = endtime - starttime;

Thanks…

Answer 1

JavaScript:

var start = new Date();
$.ajax({
    url: "https://www.example.com/File512kb"
}).done(function() {
    console.log(new Date() - start);
});

This returns the time passed in milliseconds. The function does use jQuery, however, since that’s a nice’n easy way to make AJAX calls.