How to set up a progress bar

Question

I have a php page called import.php. during the execution of this file, many database operations are performed. Therefore, I need to show the progress to the user using the progres panel. How is this possible using any of these php ajax, javascript, jquery, css, flash ... methods

Answer 1

Here is a good tutorial on this:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/create-a-progress-bar-with-javascript/

and demo

The PHP version is also executed here.