NYCPHP Meetup

[Mark Armendariz]

I haven't tried this, but it seems like it could work... If you're at all
proficient with flash, you could probably take a preloader script (basically
loads a file and reports the bytes_loaded / bytes_total), load a file with
flash and have the flash movie report the download speed to your script.

Mark

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> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of jon baer
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:34 AM
> To: talk at lists.nyphp.org
> Subject: [nycphp-talk] Determining client speed w/ php ...
> 
> im trying to figure this out + not sure if a hack in php will work ...
> 
> someone wants to throw in a klipmart like app (video) for 
> only broadband users however i had a tough time explaining 
> that there are a few factors to consider like the load and 
> that there was no way to programmatically determine a clients 
> connection speed through php itself.
> 
> my thinking for a hack include something like a hidden page 
> which does a session-based request in which a test image is 
> sent out and then performing a onload() back to the server 
> and testing the session times ... but is this practical?  any 
> other ideas?
> 
> (people are out to kill the net) lol
> 
> - jon
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