Upload Progress Bar in PHP

Question

Does anyone know how to get a progress bar for an upload in php? I am trying writing code for a photo album uploader. I would like a progress bar to display while the photos

Answer 1

You would need to use Javascript to create a progress bar. A simple Google search led me to this article: WebAppers Simple Javascript Progress Bar with CSS.

Dojo File Upload Progress Bar Widget is another option using the Dojo Javascript framework.

EDIT: Assuming your uploading a large number of images (such as a photo album), and POSTing them to your PHP script, you could use javascript to read the results back from the post and update the progress bar based on the number of images uploaded / total number of images. This has the side effect of only updating after each post has completed. Check out here for some info on how to post with JS.