php - A way to download a file and to verify if downoad i successful or it was canceled -

is there way download file , way 'track' download progress , see if download completed/successful or if canceled?

i'm in position should update state of file in db upon successful download , find hard acquire best way on how accomplish that.

over past few days i've been on stackoverflow , found interesting answers, like:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/8771378/1571756 eugen rieck fears it's 'impossible' determine if download canceled.
• how update database upon successful downloading? petah pointing out cannot done (or extremely complicated) technology ahmad using.

what right approach/technology/... detect successful download , update db table?