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I am looking for a script that records the download after the download has finished, not just on link click which ensures that the file was actually downloaded and not cancelled after initializing it.

I have a feeling that this is going to be complicated but I am prepared to learn.

Devon Miller
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  • You've juxtapositioned yourself there mate. You want a script to do it for you, but you haven't tried to solve the problem yourself? – Darren Dec 03 '14 at 00:26
  • Btw, `PHP` has no way of tracking the completion of a download. A solution for this is [Using Javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4168965/2518525) – Darren Dec 03 '14 at 00:27
  • You can do this by having PHP parse Apache's log files. If you want to go down that route, check the customlog docs, you probably want $X – rjdown Dec 03 '14 at 00:30

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You can't really, unless...

  1. Your download notifies your server on opening it (only possible for programs generally)
  2. You make a guess at how long it may have taken to download

Both these options are terrible.

alex
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