PHP upload progress bar

[r00tk1LL]

I know there are allot of scripts out there for a PHP progress bar, most implementing CGI but I have not had any success with them. Does anyone know of a surefire way to implement a progress bar for PHP that works with a simple html form?

[dbo]

I could be wrong but I was under the impression that these are mainly javascript...

[NArc0t1c]

AJAX.

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=AJAX+and+PHP+Uploader

[dbo]

Like I said... Javascript

[NArc0t1c]

Ajax - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

[dbo]

Thank you for spelling out the acronym for me but I've done Ajax development in the past. It's just a buzzword. The httprequest oject has been around for ages and the XML piece is irrelevant. It could just as easily be a flat file or database rather than xml.

[r00tk1LL]

Ok guys, do you know of one that works for sure?

[NArc0t1c]

You will have to search google.

[d22552000]

see... php 5.1.2.0 was compiled WITHOUT one important C header file that would make it possible for php to be used with ajax asa per request platform

 

Either you recompile php with 5.1.2 and the cuproq.c and cuproq.h files,

or you find another wya of doing it, without ajax or cgi...

[NArc0t1c]

see... php 5.1.2.0 was compiled WITHOUT one important C header file that would make it possible for php to be used with ajax asa per request platform

 

Either you recompile php with 5.1.2 and the cuproq.c and cuproq.h files,

or you find another wya of doing it, without ajax or cgi...

What?

<?php
echo '<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
Ajax here..
</script>';
?>

[r00tk1LL]

I have looked around and found allot of scripts that either implement poorly, or just don't work. Have you guys seen this done before on a php/mysql site?

 

All I really need is something that shows a progress bar while my HTML form is uploading a file to it's temp directory (or wherever it goes), then pass it off to a php script that will handle moving the file to the right directory.

 

Any ideas?

[d22552000]

as I said above, its not supported in php.  It doesnt work properly and sometimes you will get notices and warnings in your scripts.  thats is, the html and xml part of it.

[r00tk1LL]

Ok what alternatives are there to accomplish this? I tried some CGI stuff and it worked fairly well, but I couldn't get it to work with PHP for the life of me. Especially passing variables between them.

[d22552000]

I would suggest, don't use php if you want a progress bar, or recompile php, or dont use an upload progress bar (that was my choice).

[r00tk1LL]

I have a hosted account so I dont think recompiling is an option, do you know how to make PHP and CGI talk?

[d22552000]

you can't unless you make cgi unload ALL of its variables to a text file and then make php read thattext file every time you want them to talk... althoguh if hte cgi redirects to a url iwth variables..?  you could use $_GET['var'] in php...

[dbo]

What are you even talking about PHP not being compiled with this or that? That is totally irrelevant to being able to use Ajax. You need to check out the Javascript/Ajax forum.

[cooldude832]

you can't use php in this case for the fact that php can't produce output (visiable output) until the doc is loaded. You can use ajax to query the file's progress and then using an updating div in javascript or come up with a java/flash solution

[dbo]

Exactly. Although I've got to be honest I've never really seen much of a need for a progress bar to begin with.

[cooldude832]

slow down to tell someone how slow a upload is going.  And in a cooperate huge file upload the idea seems a bit  childish.

[dbo]

I don't understand what you just said.

 

With broadband most forms don't hang long enough for it to matter most of the time and if it's a user with dial up the less bandwidth being used on extra stuff (progress bar) the better.

[cooldude832]

okay you said what i said.  Why waste the bandwidth to use a status bar.

[Barand]

I'm using 5.1.2 and no problems with ajax. The xmlhttp object is client side, nothing to do with php.

 

php just receives a query string, processes accordingly then echos output.

 

Everything else is handled on the client.

[r00tk1LL]

Ok, so I have users that upload files over 3MB and I need a way to show the progress, so what is the best option when I have PHP/MYSql based site?       

[cooldude832]

like I said java or flash that integrated the file upload into it will be your best bet, you can somehow use them and then send off ajaxs to run the file handling after the user has it placed in a temp spot.