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		huhtenberg on April 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Awesome jQuery File Upload > Sending messages to a PHP server script so you can have the server tell you how many bytes were sent? Psst.. XMLHttpRequestUpload † It's the downloading with Ajax that is the problem. There's no way to tell how big the file is.

meanguy on April 14, 2012 [–]

Psst..

  var xhr = $.ajax({ type: "HEAD", ...
  xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Length')

I wound up using Silverlight. Sigh.

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