You can simply run
pecl install uploadprogress
If that does not work due to you having noexec on /tmp, as you should, you can then compile it from source.
A good how to is here:
http://forums.cpanel.net/f6/installi...al-107265.html
http://booser.com/showthread.php?t=2215
Download latest software from
PECL :: Package :: uploadprogress
Install
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://pecl.php.net/get/uploadprogress-1.0.0.tgz
tar -zxvf uploadprogress-1.0.0.tgz
cd uploadprogress-1.0.0
phpize
./configure
make
make install
make install will show
# make install
Installing shared extensions: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/
#
There will be line with the above path in php.ini
Edit php.ini file and add
extension = "uploadprogress.so"
Below the line
extension_dir = "/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613"
Now php -m will list uploadprogressbar as a module
Now restart web server
service httpd restart
An excellent step by step tutorial for creating upload progress bar using php and ajax can be found here:
http://www.phpriot.com/articles/php-ajax-file-uploads