Download Time Estimations

wjbrewer · #1 01-30-2006, 11:27 AM

I sell a lot of egoods, or downloadable products that are anywhere from 5mb to 500mb. I wrote this script to display estimated download times so the customers had an idea of the time it would take to download a file. I don't know if anyone else could use it, but here it is.

First create the file download_time.php containing this code

Code:

<?
//calculate download times script 1-27-06 by Bill Brewer

//set initial variables
$filesize = $_GET['filesize'];
$s56k_speed = 50000;
$s128k_speed = 128000;
$s640k_speed = 640000;
$s1_2m_speed = 1200000;
$s1_8m_speed = 1800000;

// calculation script

//56k modem
$s56k_time = $filesize / $s56k_speed;
$s56k_hours = intval(intval($s56k_time) / 3600); 
$s56k_minutes = intval(($s56k_time / 60) % 60);

if ($s56k_hours == "0" && $s56k_minutes <= "01")
    {$s56k = "less than 1 minute";}
elseif ($s56k_hours == "0" && $s56k_minutes >= "01")
    { $s56k = "$s56k_minutes minutes";}
elseif ($s56k_hours >= "2" && $s56k_minutes >= "01")
    { $s56k = "$s56k_hours hours $s56k_minutes minutes";}
else {
    $s56k = "$s56k_hours hour $s56k_minutes minutes";}

//128k
$s128k_time = $filesize / $s128k_speed;
$s128k_hours = intval(intval($s128k_time) / 3600); 
$s128k_minutes = intval(($s128k_time / 60) % 60);

if ($s128k_hours == "0" && $s128k_minutes <= "01")
    { $s128k = "less than 1 minute";}
elseif ($s128k_hours == "0" && $s128k_minutes >= "01")
    { $s128k = "$s128k_minutes minutes";}
elseif ($s128k_hours >= "2" && $s128k_minutes >= "01")
    { $s128k = "$s128k_hours hours $s128k_minutes minutes";}
else {
    $s128k = "$s128k_hours hour $s128k_minutes minutes";}

// 640k
$s640k_time = $filesize / $s640k_speed;
$s640k_hours = intval(intval($s640k_time) / 3600); 
$s640k_minutes = intval(($s640k_time / 60) % 60);

if ($s640k_hours == "0" && $s640k_minutes <= "01")
    { $s640k = "less than 1 minute";}
elseif ($s640k_hours == "0" && $s640k_minutes >= "01")
    { $s640k = "$s640k_minutes minutes";}
elseif ($s640k_hours >= "2" && $s640k_minutes >= "01")
    { $s640k = "$s640k_hours hours $s640k_minutes minutes";}
else {
    $s640k = "$s640k_hours hour $s640k_minutes minutes";}

//1.2m
$s1_2m_time = $filesize / $s1_2m_speed;
$s1_2m_hours = intval(intval($s1_2m_time) / 3600); 
$s1_2m_minutes = intval(($s1_2m_time / 60) % 60);

if ($s1_2m_hours == "0" && $s1_2m_minutes <= "01")
    { $s1_2m = "less than 1 minute";}
elseif ($s1_2m_hours == "0" && $s1_2m_minutes >= "01")
    { $s1_2m = "$s1_2m_minutes minutes";}
elseif ($s1_2m_hours >= "2" && $s1_2m_minutes >= "01")
    { $s1_2m = "$s1_2m_hours hours $s1_2m_minutes minutes";}
else {
    $s1_2m = "$s1_2m_hours hour $s1_2m_minutes minutes";}

//1.8m
$s1_8m_time = $filesize / $s1_8m_speed;
$s1_8m_hours = intval(intval($s1_8m_time) / 3600); 
$s1_8m_minutes = intval(($s1_8m_time / 60) % 60);
if ($s1_8m_hours == "0" && $s1_8m_minutes <= "01")
    { $s1_8m = "less than 1 minute";}
elseif ($s1_8m_hours == "0" && $s1_8m_minutes >= "01")
    { $s1_8m = "$s1_8m_minutes minutes";}
elseif ($s1_8m_hours >= "2" && $s1_8m_minutes >= "01")
    { $s1_8m = "$s1_8m_hours hours $s1_8m_minutes minutes";}
else {
    $s1_8m = "$s1_8m_hours hour $s1_8m_minutes minutes";}
?>

<html>
<head><title>Estimated Download Times</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.greytablebak1 {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    background-color: #C0C0C0;
    text-indent: 5px;
}
.normtablebak {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    text-indent: 5px;
}
.downloadtext {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;

}
.redstar {color: #FF0000}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>

<table width="495" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="247" height="23" valign="middle" class="downloadtext">Connection Speed </td>
  <td width="248" valign="middle" class="downloadtext">Download Time </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="23" valign="middle" class="greytablebak1">56k - Dial-Up </td>
    <td valign="middle" class="greytablebak1"><? print "$s56k"?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="23" valign="middle" class="normtablebak">128k - ISDN </td>
    <td valign="middle" class="normtablebak"><? print "$s128k"?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="23" valign="middle" class="greytablebak1">640k - DSL</td>
    <td valign="middle" class="greytablebak1"><? print "$s640k"?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="23" valign="middle" class="normtablebak">1.2m - T1/Cable</td>
    <td valign="middle" class="normtablebak"><? print "$s1_2m"?></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="23" valign="middle" class="greytablebak1">1.8m - T1/Cable</td>
    <td valign="middle" class="greytablebak1"><? print "$s1_8m"?></td>
  </tr>
</table>


<span class="redstar">*</span><span class="verdsmwhite">These are estimations, actual download times can vary.</span></p>
</body>
</html>

This script is pretty simple, to use it just enter a url like this

Code:

www.yoursite.com/download_time.php?filesize=4928282

Just replace the filesize with the size of the file in bits. (You can use this site http://www.onlineconversion.com/computer_base2.htm to convert from larger sizes to bits.

I think the best way to do this is to add a link like this to the item description.

Code:

<A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
onclick="window.open('http://www.yoursite.com/download_time.php?filesize=83899283','downloadtime','width=550,height=250')">
Click here for estimated download times</A>

This will create a popup window displaying the download times.

B00MER · #2 01-30-2006, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wjbrewer

I wrote this script to display estimated download times so the customers had an idea of the time it would take to download a file. I don't know if anyone else could use it, but here it is.

Excellent Smithers!

Defiantly a bookmark for me.

wjbrewer · #3 02-03-2006, 01:36 PM

If you want to use this with megabytes you can replace the code

Code:

$filesize = $_GET['filesize'];

with

Code:

$filesize = $_GET['filesize'] * 8388608;

Then use megabytes instead of bits in the url.

Code:

www.yoursite.com/download_time.php?filesize=38mb

designtrade · #4 06-21-2006, 11:27 AM

is there a way to change this to kb?

wjbrewer · #5 06-21-2006, 11:35 AM

Yea. For kb replace:

Code:

$filesize = $_GET['filesize'];

with

Code:

$filesize = $_GET['filesize'] * 8192;

designtrade · #6 06-21-2006, 11:49 AM

thank you so much! This script is neat for I only sell egoods online!

Amy · #7 07-13-2006, 06:18 AM

great mod - thanks!