file name( with path) while form data is uploading to server

[imranlink]

I am creating a upload file status bar with a FORM POST having file tag. Is there a way to read the temp file name (path) where file bytes are saving during upload.

$_FILES['image']['tmp_name']

I want to know the name of the above file before file uploaded.
As i tried above variables does not give value before file uploaded and also PHP use his own random genterated name to store file first in temp folder after a visiter post a form with file input tag.

After i press form submit button, PHP server start listening (read file). is there a way to determine the file name where PHP server is saving so that we can calculate its size every second to show visiter a status bar that how much file has been uploaded.

[AstroTeg]

Sadly, no. And this isn't just a limit of PHP. Other languages have this problem as well.

We cheated this by using an animated GIF of a scrolling color bar (much like the one Win9x uses on bootup). It worked pretty nicely in a div tag which we turned on when the user clicked submit. But IE gagged on it as it started uploading the file (it would stop animating the GIF). So we resorted to a pop up window with the GIF in it. Then we had the page handling the upload also print out a JavaScript call to close the 2nd window. It wasn't great, but it kept the users amused.