Drupal 7.x is the platform we use to build great websites. There are modules that allow the ability to update a progress meter when uploading a file. This requires installing a PECL extension to PHP called uploadprogress. Here is the process I used to get it working on a 1and1.com hosting package. You will need a hosting package with ssh support currently the Business and Developer packages do.
- Download PECL uploadaccess to your 1&1 account
- Extract the package
tar xvzf uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz
- Go into the directory
cd uploadprogress-1.0.3.1
- Run phpize5.5
phpize5.5 - Change php-config to php-config5.5 in configure script
sed -i 's/=php-config/=php-config5.5/g' configure - Run Configure
./configure - Change include directives in Makefile
sed -i 's#-I/usr/include/php#-I/usr/include/php5.5#g' Makefile - Run make and make test
make
make test - Make new extensions folder for new extension to go in
mkdir ~/extensions - Copy uploadprogress extension to new folder
cp .libs/uploadprogress.so ~/extensions/ - Create new php.ini under your main folder (or under a single subfolder for just that application) to add new extension_dir then add this code to the file
extension_dir=/kunden/homepages/6/d87663654/htdocs/extensions/
extension=uploadprogress.so
That should be it. You should now be able to see the “Upload progress Enabled (PECL uploadprogress)” on the admin/reports/status page in Drupal.
Links that helped me with the above info:
- http://freestylesystems.co.uk/blog/installng-pecl-uploadprogress-extension-drupal-filefield-module
- http://www.outofcontrol.ca/2008/12/16/install-custom-pear-packages-on-1and1/
- http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/php/14.html
This is an update from the original Drupal 6 article. (http://jheslop.com/2009/05/27/adding-pecl-uploadprogress-to-11-shared-hosting-for-drupal-filefield/) Just thought I would pass along as it was a little different that the previous article.