php upload with progress bar

[urban]

hi i am trying to build a php upload from a form which will upload a 100mb file, i think i will need a progress bar as it just looks like the page has hanged.

 

I have googled serveral scripts but have found nothing that will be simple to include into my page.

 

Can u help

[JonnoTheDev]

you cannot do this with purely php. requires ajax method. with 100mb you may reach the web server timeout period or the php max upload limit. check this out.

 

http://uber-uploader.sourceforge.net/

[premiso]

I would tend to use Flash for this, as it is a nice way to go.

 

If you would like to not use flash, AJAX would be another alternative.

 

Ajax Upload with Progress Bar

 

As far as anything being simple, there will not be. You will have to implement etc and it will require some modifications/work.

[JeanieTallis]

<?php 
// Where the file is going to be placed 
$target_path = "/URLfor-the-file-to-be-uploaded-to";

/* Add the original filename to our target path.  
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); ?>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />
Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>

 

This is a simple upload form, I'm not sure if it works, I aint tested it, but it looks promising. To create a progress bar, it could be done with Flash as stated in previous replies, alternatively, you would use PHP and AJAX. Check the links given for the progress bars.

[JonnoTheDev]

This is a simple upload form, I'm not sure if it works

It won't. Your missing about 75% of the required code.

[urban]

Thanks for the replies i can create the upload form and upload php data to get the file onto the server.

Its the progress bar bit i cant do.

 

 

[JonnoTheDev]

Its the progress bar bit i cant do

Unfortunatly you will probably have to scrap what you have done already and download a complete uploader script. Adding a progress bar isn't straigt-forward. You will see the complexity after downloading one.

[urban]

Yeah i have seen quite a few, and yes they do look complicated.

[Mark Baker]

In theory, the APC extension can do this; though I've never tried it myself

[Yesideez]

I've seen them done with Perl but never PHP alone.

[urban]

Anybody got any links for a flash upload script that will be easy to adapt to my website

[JonnoTheDev]

http://swfupload.org/