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Adeleye Ayodeji
Adeleye Ayodeji

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Learn how to upload file with Progress bar

Did you want to show a progress bar to your user while uploading images, files, and documents? Then this tutorial is for you.

Video: https://youtu.be/cP--bfz3amM

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Code

Upload.php

<?php
header("Content-Type: application/json");
if(isset($_POST)){
    $folder = "./uploads/". basename($_FILES["image"]["name"]);
    if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["image"]["tmp_name"], $folder)){
        echo json_encode(["code" => 200, "info" => "Image uploaded"]);
    }else{
        echo json_encode(["code" => 401, "info" => "Unable to upload image"]);
    }
}
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index.php

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

    <head>
        <!-- Required meta tags -->
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

        <!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
        <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
            integrity="sha384-EVSTQN3/azprG1Anm3QDgpJLIm9Nao0Yz1ztcQTwFspd3yD65VohhpuuCOmLASjC" crossorigin="anonymous">

        <title>AJAX IMAGE UPLOAD WITH PROGRESS BAR</title>
    </head>

    <body>
        <h1>AJAX IMAGE UPLOAD WITH PROGRESS BAR</h1>

        <form id="uploadimage" class="p-3">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="">Upload File</label>
                <input type="file" name="image" id="" class="form-control">
            </div>
            <div class="progress mt-3" style="display:none;">
                <div class="progress-bar" role="progressbar" style="width: 0%;" aria-valuenow="0" aria-valuemin="0"
                    aria-valuemax="100">0%</div>
            </div>
            <button class="btn btn-primary mt-2">Upload</button>
        </form>


        <!-- Optional JavaScript; choose one of the two! -->
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

        <!-- Option 1: Bootstrap Bundle with Popper -->
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"
            integrity="sha384-MrcW6ZMFYlzcLA8Nl+NtUVF0sA7MsXsP1UyJoMp4YLEuNSfAP+JcXn/tWtIaxVXM" crossorigin="anonymous">
        </script>

        <!-- Option 2: Separate Popper and Bootstrap JS -->
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@popperjs/core@2.9.2/dist/umd/popper.min.js"
            integrity="sha384-IQsoLXl5PILFhosVNubq5LC7Qb9DXgDA9i+tQ8Zj3iwWAwPtgFTxbJ8NT4GN1R8p" crossorigin="anonymous">
        </script>
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"
            integrity="sha384-cVKIPhGWiC2Al4u+LWgxfKTRIcfu0JTxR+EQDz/bgldoEyl4H0zUF0QKbrJ0EcQF" crossorigin="anonymous">
        </script>


        <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#uploadimage").submit(function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                let form = new FormData(this);
                if ($(this).find("input[name='image']").val() == "") {
                    alert("Select an image");
                    return;
                }
                //AJAX
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "upload.php",
                    data: form,
                    cache: false,
                    contentType: false,
                    processData: false,
                    beforeSend: () => {
                        $(".progress").slideDown();
                        $("#uploadimage").find("button").text("Uploading....");
                    },
                    xhr: function() {
                        let xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
                        xhr.upload.addEventListener("progress", (evt) => {
                            //Check for progress
                            if (evt.lengthComputable) {
                                let percentage = (evt.loaded / evt.total) * 100;
                                //100%
                                let percentageformatted = percentage.toFixed(0);
                                //progress bar initialize
                                $(".progress-bar").css("width",
                                    `${percentageformatted}%`).attr(
                                    "aria-valuenow", percentageformatted).text(
                                    `${percentageformatted}%`);
                            }
                        }, false);
                        return xhr;
                    },
                    success: function(response) {
                        $(".progress-bar").addClass("bg-success");
                        $("#uploadimage").find("button").text("Upload");
                    }
                });
            });
        });
        </script>
    </body>

</html>
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