find a way to use this upload bar without needing APC my host says it can never be added on his server for purposes of having eAccelerator, Zend Opt. and ionCube even though I have said ioncube can be removed and users can use loaders he still says ioncube can never!!! be removed


Brandon F. can you find a simplier way to get around this so users can take advantage of this nice feature you added


thanks

Will L.

I've been having headaches recently with a progress bar for uploads (making a youtube mod for IPB)

Seems there are 3 options
PHP+Perl (tried and it works, but you have to use Perl files... not a fan of them myself.
PHP and ACP (needs to be installed)
Flash (user needs flash)

I ended up using Flash. Basically, theres no 'simple' way to have a progress bar with uploads.

Exactly tomturd. I can't code in Flash (ActionScript) and while I considered utilizing someone else's code for this, you have licensing issues to contend with, especially in a paid product, and you have support issues. What if a user is in a corporate environment with a locked down IE7 and no Flash installed? They'd simply be unable to upload files? That isn't acceptable.

Additionally, many hosts don't support Perl (I think we actually don't support it, for example, though we also don't support APC).

The reason I went with APC is because

1) It doesn't require anything special on the user's side, so it's up to the admin whether or not it can be used
2) If the user has javascript disabled, while other things don't work in IPB, at least the upload can still occur (fails gracefully, at least moreso than the other options)
3) It's easier to "check" for in the script (you can't check if perl is allowed very easily, nor can you check if the user's browser supports flash very easily)

Oh yeah, ETA
--As I understand it, PHP6 will be including APC in the core release, so you won't have to install anything special.

I am having some serious issues with APC. When I install it i just start rendering blank pages on my php pages. I uninstall it and everything is a-ok. Any suggestions?

And I already know IPS beyond is down and this is beta, just asking advice.

Not too sure. I run Windows on my box, of course, and it's as easy as uploading the dll and enabling it in php.ini. Sometimes I really love how easy it is to manage Windows.

Does a standard php page work at all? i.e. just



If not, you'd probably get better help asking at APC's mailing list: http://pecl.php.net/support.php