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Nicholas
Nicholas

Reputation: 391

How can I use Dropbox as a host for uploaded files using PHP?

So I am working on a small website with some simple admin area. In the admin area it should be possible to upload/download/update files of a global directory. The problem is that my php programs don't have write permission to the server and the size limit of the database is 100mb which is not enough. Therefore I thought it would be nice to store the files in a dedicated Dropbox account or something.

My questions are:

Edit: My problem with Dropbox is that it's API uses OAuth. But since I want to connect to one global account for all users instead of each users account this seems inappropriate and I don't even know if the authentication is possible this way. All the links mentioned use this API and therefore need user authentication through a redirect.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1437

Answers (2)

Anshu
Anshu

Reputation: 7853

Yes you can use the dropbox account. Try out the PhpDropboxUploader. Its also mentioned in the dropbox Wiki

require 'DropboxUploader.php';

$uploader = new DropboxUploader('[email protected]', 'dropbox-password');
$uploader->upload('file-to-be-uploaded', 'destination-folder-in-dropbox');

Upvotes: 3

Pixou
Pixou

Reputation: 1769

for your first question, there is indeed a PHP SDK that is not official but still listed on dropbox site : https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/sdk and https://github.com/BenTheDesigner/Dropbox

btw, are you sure you can't make a directory for which PHP has write permission ?

Upvotes: 1

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