File upload through AJAX

[bluebutterflyofyourmind]

Hey there. I currently have a form for a user to update news.  I want to also have it so they can add an image.  How can i get this file through the AJAX to my php script?  thanks!

 

-Grant

[djbuddhi]

i am aslo interested in uploading with a progress bar    ;D

[PFMaBiSmAd]

For the original question that was asked in this thread - AJAX by itself cannot upload files. Javascript does not have the ability to read files in all browsers and the XMLHttpRequest object does not provide a way of emulating a file upload. A form must be submitted for a file to be uploaded.

 

For the post that was just added to this thread, php is currently not able to provide a real time upload progress bar (amount/percent/time remaining...) You can have an upload "activity" indicator and there are many existing scripts. Check out this thread and the script that was attached to one of the posts - http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,218553.0.html

[exally]

you can upload files by posting to a hidden iframe.

[CroNiX]

For the post that was just added to this thread, php is currently not able to provide a real time upload progress bar (amount/percent/time remaining...) You can have an upload "activity" indicator and there are many existing scripts. Check out this thread and the script that was attached to one of the posts - http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,218553.0.html

You can using the apc extension with php 5.2+.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-v525/index.html

[PFMaBiSmAd]

If you try that, you will find it works poorly in updating the progress and it is single-threaded (cannot handle the status of more than one upload at a time.)