Posted by alxasa on 02/03/07 06:36

I thought this would be relevant enough group to ask this server side
question and it seems most people are not paranoid, suicidal or overly
mean because their programming model is too complex, in this open
source technology group. I work with PHP pages (alot), with allot of
graphics --- my basic question and concept I yet do not fully
understand (hope to have someone clarify, or even explain carefully
how it works): and "it" is this:

when one uploads using FTP a file to a Webserver, let us say a Linux
or Unix Webserver model tied to a .com domain for instance...., when
you upload it, a file, video, swf, or whatever --- for the sake of
argument, would an apache server switch to the new uploaded file only
after if it was completely uploaded/server transaction complete. Any
1 second downtimes or instantly available without microseconds of
downtime? How does this work?

I know cache and other issues come into play at the client level, so
maybe separately, someone can suggest some basic things I need to do
to make sure people *always* receive the latest content I create, ....
presumably we are talking about PHP objects with linked images,
standard fare.

Some ideas would be great.

Thanks a million! Have a great day!

Most sincerely, Alxasa

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