How do I install PECL uploadprogress library

Hi All and TQ kiwi_steve for sharing.

I am running production in XAMPP.

I followed the related blogpost(s) and below were the steps I took:

1. I copied the uploadprogress.dll file into the path set for extension_dir which is "C:\xampp\php\ext\" in my case.
2. I added "extension=uploadprogress.dll" to php.ini which is basically a line just below ";extension=php_zlib_filter.dll".
3. I remove the semi-colon BTW.
3. I restarted Apache and ran ran cron in my drupal.

The notification msg still remains.

Anyting amissed?

~not a techie~

I installed the Acquia version of Drupal:
I'm normally a .Net framework developer, but how do I get to the apache prompt (isn't this were I'm Terminal is) to compile to file?

The link to the pecl4win server is not available.

Thanks for your help!...

Run the command below in terminal to get phpize

apt-get install php5-dev.

Thanks, worked like a charm. :)

That's interesting. They told me their policy was not install it. They said it could cause problems with other domains and wasn't required by Drupal.

Thanks mate, your instructions were so simple and worked like a charm! :-)

pecl4win is down for ages, so you can get PECL DLLs at http://www.sfr-fresh.com/windows/www/php-5.3.6-src.zip/

I outlined it here - http://drupal.org/node/606780#comment-2176280

Many thanks for Your excellent help. It sent me in the right direction for the info on installation of the uploadprogress.

This comment may not help everybody in this thread since the commands described here are submitted on a command line in a terminal window.
It may document how easy it is to install this on a Debian (in fact Ubuntu flavour) system in case You are running Your own webserver.

1. Install make and the development files for php5:
   sudo apt-get install make php5-dev
2. Configuration, compilation and installation is done completely automatically with the command:
   sudo pecl install uploadprogress-1.0.1
   After a few seconds the result should be:
   
   Build process completed successfully
Installing '/usr/lib/php5/20060613/uploadprogress.so'
install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/uploadprogress-1.0.1
configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location
You should add "extension=uploadprogress.so" to php.ini

Assuming that You already have a running Drupal system, it is easy to see
the php configuration at /admin/reports/status/php

Then it is easy to see which php.ini file should be edited.
In order to keep the php configuration modular, I ended up doing this:
echo -e "extension=uploadprogress.so" > /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/uploadprogress.ini

Now reload the webserver configuration:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload 
alternatively:
sudo service apache2 reload

The Drupal status page promptly displays:

Any pro server admin would proudly do it this way.
Best whishes ...

Like you I am on a shared host, but with shell access (DreamHost). I managed to compile the uploadprogress extension as follows. Note: these instructions are (most probably) only for DreamHost users

make a temporary directory for compiled gnu binaries, unpack, compile and install the following source packages:
- m4 (from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-latest.tar.gz)
- autoconf (from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-latest.tar.gz)
- automake (from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-latest.tar.gz)
also, download the source PECL uploadprogress library (from http://pecl.php.net/get/uploadprogress-1.0.1.tgz)

First prepare an environment variable and create a temp path

Then

Now do the same trick for autoconf and automake (except the export PATH line)

Then, unpack the uploadprogress package somewhere and..

... resulting in a freshly compiled uploadprogress.so

Most likely, since you're on a shared server, you don't have access to the webserver's "extension_dir". For that reason you're advised to create a CGI-wrapper for your php installation and use a custom php.ini where you will be including the uploadprogress extension:

1) create the wrapper: see http://wiki.dreamhost.com/PHP.ini
2) add the following line to your custom php.ini and make sure extension_dir points to the directory where your uploadprogress.so is located

3) kill all fastcgi processes: see http://wiki.dreamhost.com/FastCGI
4) reload your browser and check whether your status_report tells you the following: Upload progress: Enabled (PECL uploadprogress). You can also use some php-script calling phpinfo();

Good luck

The best instructions so far!

The only things I would add is you might first need to add GCC, MAKE etc for the compilation.
All of which is a cinch with yum - yum gcc etc - all one line commands available on the net.

Finally, the .so file might not get installed in the default php/modules folder
And you can't change extensions_dir like it says in freestylesystems.co.uk/blog/installng-pecl-uploadprogress-extension-drupal-filefield-module because then none of the other extensions work including mysql.

I found that moving the uploadprogress.so file to the default extensions folder in php.ini works just as well.