best solution for upload progress bar for shared server user

Question

i have seen lots of solution, but what is the best stable solutin for no-administrator user who cant config server. i found some of these:

• using apc extension
• perl cgi instead of php
• flash based
• using js framework

im not sure i could use extension, not understand perl to control over the process, and totally not use flash in mywebsite because significant percentage of user have not flash. and im not want to use framework because of growing mywebsite size.

i think must be a better ajax | js | php portable solution.

Answer 1

You have listed all possibilities I know of - however even the AJAX based uploads utilize some Flash in the process, as far as I know (e.g. Uploadify).

If you ask me, go for Flash. Most users have it, and it's the least hassle to set up.

By the way, using a JavaScript framework is often a really good idea, independently from your question. The increase in project size is insignificant (20-100 kb) and those libraries need to be loaded only once. They do make a lot of things easier to do, and offer a cross-browser consistent foundation for your user interface. If you use a lot of Javascript, you're almost always better off with a Framework.