I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and using PHP 5.5 with Apache2 to implement the upload progress via the PHP session upload progress.
The issue is that it works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't work. I mean sometimes I get the progress percentage 100% direct at the beginning of the upload without finishing the upload (which means the $_SESSION[$key] is empty in that cases, but why?!)
I tried turning the value of session.upload_progress.cleanup to On and Off, but it didn't change anything.
You can try it yourself on this URL:
http://138.128.124.172/upload_progress
In the php.ini, I have the below settings related to the upload:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; File Uploads ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Whether to allow HTTP file uploads.
; http://php.net/file-uploads
file_uploads = On
; Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default if not
; specified).
; http://php.net/upload-tmp-dir
;upload_tmp_dir =
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize = 100M
; Maximum number of files that can be uploaded via a single request
max_file_uploads = 20
; Enable upload progress tracking in $_SESSION
; Default Value: On
; Development Value: On
; Production Value: On
; http://php.net/session.upload-progress.enabled
session.upload_progress.enabled = On
; Cleanup the progress information as soon as all POST data has been read
; (i.e. upload completed).
; Default Value: On
; Development Value: On
; Production Value: On
; http://php.net/session.upload-progress.cleanup
session.upload_progress.cleanup = Off
; A prefix used for the upload progress key in $_SESSION
; Default Value: "upload_progress_"
; Development Value: "upload_progress_"
; Production Value: "upload_progress_"
; http://php.net/session.upload-progress.prefix
;session.upload_progress.prefix = "upload_progress_"
; The index name (concatenated with the prefix) in $_SESSION
; containing the upload progress information
; Default Value: "PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS"
; Development Value: "PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS"
; Production Value: "PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS"
; http://php.net/session.upload-progress.name
;session.upload_progress.name = "PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS"
; How frequently the upload progress should be updated.
; Given either in percentages (per-file), or in bytes
; Default Value: "1%"
; Development Value: "1%"
; Production Value: "1%"
; http://php.net/session.upload-progress.freq
;session.upload_progress.freq = "1%"
; The minimum delay between updates, in seconds
; Default Value: 1
; Development Value: 1
; Production Value: 1
; http://php.net/session.upload-progress.min-freq
;session.upload_progress.min_freq = "1"
At the PHP side: I have the below code inside the page: progress.php:
session_start();
$key = ini_get("session.upload_progress.prefix") . "myForm";
if (!empty($_SESSION[$key])) {
$current = $_SESSION[$key]["bytes_processed"];
$total = $_SESSION[$key]["content_length"];
echo $current < $total ? ceil($current / $total * 100) : 100;
}
else {
echo 100;
}
At the client side, I have the below code in the page index.php
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST" && !empty($_FILES["userfile"])) {
// move_uploaded_file()
}
?>
<style>
#bar_blank {
border: solid 1px #000;
height: 20px;
width: 300px;
}
#bar_color {
background-color: #006666;
height: 20px;
width: 0px;
}
#bar_blank, #hidden_iframe {
display: none;
}
</style>
<html>
<head>
<title>File Upload Progress Bar</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="bar_blank">
<div id="bar_color"></div>
</div>
<div id="status"></div>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="POST" id="myForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="hidden_iframe">
<input type="hidden" value="myForm" name="<?php echo ini_get("session.upload_progress.name"); ?>">
<input type="file" name="userfile"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Start Upload">
</form>
<iframe id="hidden_iframe" name="hidden_iframe" src="about:blank"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
<script>
function toggleBarVisibility() {
var e = document.getElementById("bar_blank");
e.style.display = (e.style.display == "block") ? "none" : "block";
}
function createRequestObject() {
var http;
if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
http = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
else {
http = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
return http;
}
function sendRequest() {
var http = createRequestObject();
http.open("GET", "progress.php");
http.onreadystatechange = function () { handleResponse(http) };
http.send(null);
}
function handleResponse(http) {
var response;
if (http.readyState == 4) {
response = http.responseText; //alert(response);return;
document.getElementById("bar_color").style.width = response + "%";
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = response + "%";
if (response < 100) {
setTimeout("sendRequest()", 1000);
}
else {
toggleBarVisibility();
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "Done.";
document.getElementById("bar_color").style.width = 0 + "%";
}
}
}
function startUpload() {
toggleBarVisibility();
setTimeout("sendRequest()", 1000);
}
(function () {
document.getElementById("myForm").onsubmit = startUpload;
})();
</script>
I am not interested in the HTML5, Jquery or the flash. I would be thankful if you hint me also about better approaches to get a robust way to implement the upload with a progress bar.
Thanks for your help!
