Progress Bar during FTP uploads

[pranavbhat]

hi,

I have written a code which successfully uploads files using FTP in PHP however, i want to show users a progress bar about the upload. Please tell me how do it do it.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheers!

 

 

[melvincr]

this is not possible in php, because php doesn't have access to the transfered raw data..

 

the only work around is to do combine it with a cgi script. if you google for it you'll find a lot of examples

[pranavbhat]

hi,

Can i use AJAX or a pop up window along with the non-blocking FTP code and do it...i was thinking that i already have the total file size(which can be easily found out)  and i can use another PHP page to check the size of the file that is uploaded and then compare both the sizes to display the % completed.

 

 

[melvincr]

as far as i know you cannot determine the size of a file during it's upload.. that's why all ajax/progress bar scripts use cgi or perl

[pranavbhat]

hi,

 

So, there is no other way without CGI/PERL

 

i dont want to use CGI, thats why?

[melvincr]

the other way is to use a flash uploader..

 

i'm still experimenting with them so i can't recommend you a specific one

 

SWFObject (http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/)

UFO (http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/)

jQuery (http://jquery.lukelutman.com/plugins/flash#activex)

 

good thing is that it's easy to install and more or less to maintain..

bad thing is that you have to provide a standard upload form for the users who have no flash..