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+<?php
+// mkdir and chmod arduino folder to 777
+//
+//var_dump($_FILES);
+
+/**
+ * GZIPs a file on disk (appending .gz to the name)
+ *
+ * From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6073397/how-do-you-create-a-gz-file-using-php
+ * Based on function by Kioob at:
+ * http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gzwrite.php#34955
+ *
+ * @param string $source Path to file that should be compressed
+ * @param integer $level GZIP compression level (default: 9)
+ * @return string New filename (with .gz appended) if success, or false if operation fails
+ */
+function gzCompressFile($source, $level = 9){
+    $dest = $source . '.gz';
+    $mode = 'wb' . $level;
+    $error = false;
+    if ($fp_out = gzopen($dest, $mode)) {
+        if ($fp_in = fopen($source,'rb')) {
+            while (!feof($fp_in))
+                gzwrite($fp_out, fread($fp_in, 1024 * 512));
+            fclose($fp_in);
+        } else {
+            $error = true;
+        }
+        gzclose($fp_out);
+    } else {
+        $error = true;
+    }
+    if ($error)
+        return false;
+    else
+        return $dest;
+}
+
+$image = basename($_FILES["file"]["name"]);
+//$image = $_FILES["file"]["name"];  // Solves an issue where basename returns Array
+$target_file = "tasmota/".$image;
+$hostname = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
+
+if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
+  if (strpos($target_file, "tasmota32")) {
+    echo "The file $image has been uploaded to OTA server $hostname. \n";
+  } else {
+    gzCompressFile($target_file);
+    echo "The files $image and $image.gz have been uploaded to OTA server $hostname. \n";
+  }
+} else {
+  echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file $image to OTA server $hostname. \n";
+}
+?>
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