https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/SSL-upload-and-download-problems-PHP/m-p/29519#M13503 <P>I'm creating a commercial site for a client/friend on BT. Part of the application is to be able to upload a file (say, excel or pdf) which would be stored on the web server to be retrieved by the site owner. &nbsp;The site is protected by an external SSL certificate, and the upload and download handling are via PHP server side code.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have discovered that uploading and downloading files is constantly interrupted, if it takes place over the SSL connection, causing failures. &nbsp;Some browsers handle downloading better, but all fail on the upload. &nbsp;The upload is simply a normal &lt;input type="file"...&gt;. Although the receiving code has error handling, none of it is executed - the page simply returns blank or with an "unable to load page" message (from Chrome, specifically). &nbsp;After tearing my hair out about why my code failed, I tried the same on the open connection and it all worked perfectly.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there some setting which I'm missing out on, is it something to do with the external certificate server or is there pretty much no solution to dynamic file transfer (0.5Mb+) across SSL?</P> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:59:23 GMT brainychat 2011-08-22T11:59:23Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/SSL-upload-and-download-problems-PHP/m-p/29519#M13503 <P>I'm creating a commercial site for a client/friend on BT. Part of the application is to be able to upload a file (say, excel or pdf) which would be stored on the web server to be retrieved by the site owner. &nbsp;The site is protected by an external SSL certificate, and the upload and download handling are via PHP server side code.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have discovered that uploading and downloading files is constantly interrupted, if it takes place over the SSL connection, causing failures. &nbsp;Some browsers handle downloading better, but all fail on the upload. &nbsp;The upload is simply a normal &lt;input type="file"...&gt;. Although the receiving code has error handling, none of it is executed - the page simply returns blank or with an "unable to load page" message (from Chrome, specifically). &nbsp;After tearing my hair out about why my code failed, I tried the same on the open connection and it all worked perfectly.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there some setting which I'm missing out on, is it something to do with the external certificate server or is there pretty much no solution to dynamic file transfer (0.5Mb+) across SSL?</P> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:59:23 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/SSL-upload-and-download-problems-PHP/m-p/29519#M13503 brainychat 2011-08-22T11:59:23Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/SSL-upload-and-download-problems-PHP/m-p/29705#M13504 <P>Seriously? Not one response, even to the extent of asking for clarification or alternatively calling me an idiot? &nbsp;NOBODY wants to help? &nbsp;Are there no BT support staff who might even give a passing look?</P> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:29:37 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/SSL-upload-and-download-problems-PHP/m-p/29705#M13504 brainychat 2011-08-30T07:29:37Z