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[2892] Uploading files in PHP

Last post 09-28-2006 11:08 AM by CarlBe. 34 replies.
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  • 01-01-1999 12:00 AM

    [2892] Uploading files in PHP

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    This thread is for discussions of Uploading files in PHP.
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  • 09-12-2002 5:48 AM In reply to

    • collinong
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    file ownership?

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    when a partner wrote a simple script to receive uploaded files, the owner of the file was set to nobody, which is the apache webserver, I believe.
    In this case, we can't access or manipulate the uploaded files via ftp or the shell.  Chmod doesn't seem to work.

    Are we doing something wrong or is this always the case?

    Thanks,
    Collin
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  • 02-03-2003 4:24 AM In reply to

    • pautasso
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    php upload files

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    Hi,
    I'm a new inexpert php programmer.

    I've tested your script upload.html and upload.php and it is all  ok.

    Now, I like modify script to upload a specified file (i.e c:\pippo.ttt) from pc to server, without insert manually the file name in the input box, but I have some problems.


    test 1)
    I try to substitute in upload.htm the line:
    :---------
      submit this file: <input type=file name="userfile"><br>
    :---------
    with this line :
    :---------
      submit this file: <input type="hidden" name="userfile" value="cippo.ttt"><br>
    :---------
    ... but the server ( http://infrarossi.free.fr/test/upload5.htm ) replay :
    :---------
    Warning: Unable to open 'cippo.ttt' for reading: No such file or directory in your script on line 12
    :---------



    --------------------------------------------------------------
    test 2)
    to debug I add a line in upload.php
    :---------
       echo "$userfile";
       echo "<br>-xxx-<br>";
    :---------
    ... but the server replay:

    :---------
    ./phpIV1Asq
    -xxx-

    Warning: Unable to open 'cippo.ttt' for reading: No such file or directory in your script on line 9
    :---------


    -------------------------------------------------------------


    The question:

    Why the string cippo.ttt is echoed as ./phpIV1As ?

    Thank you for your help.

    Best regards
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  • 02-03-2003 4:25 AM In reply to

    • pautasso
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    php upload files

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    Hi,
    I'm a new inexpert php programmer.

    I've tested your script upload.html and upload.php and it is all  ok.

    Now, I like modify script to upload a specified file (i.e c:\pippo.ttt) from pc to server, without insert manually the file name in the input box, but I have some problems.


    test 1)
    I try to substitute in upload.htm the line:
    :---------
      submit this file: <input type=file name="userfile"><br>
    :---------
    with this line :
    :---------
      submit this file: <input type="hidden" name="userfile" value="c:pippo.ttt"><br>
    :---------
    ... but the server ( http://infrarossi.free.fr/test/upload5.htm ) replay :
    :---------
    Warning: Unable to open 'c:pippo.ttt' for reading: No such file or directory in your script on line 12
    :---------



    --------------------------------------------------------------
    test 2)
    to debug I add a line in upload.php
    :---------
       echo "$userfile";
       echo "<br>-xxx-<br>";
    :---------
    ... but the server replay:

    :---------
    ./phpIV1Asq
    -xxx-

    Warning: Unable to open 'c:pippo.ttt' for reading: No such file or directory in your script on line 9
    :---------


    -------------------------------------------------------------


    The question:

    Why the string c:pippo.ttt is echoed as ./phpIV1As ?

    Thank you for your help.

    Best regards
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  • 02-04-2003 9:20 PM In reply to

    I have a little prob

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    I am new php programmer but when I test your upload php. I got a message

    Warning: Unable to create '/home/www/phptest/test.txt': Permission denied in /home/www/phptest/upload.php on line 6
    file uploaded

    instead. what should I do to solve this prob?
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  • 02-05-2003 3:22 AM In reply to

    • pautasso
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    Try on a php supported server (i.e. sign up on www.free.fr)  
    bye
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  • 02-06-2003 2:13 AM In reply to

    • S.S. Ahmed
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    Re:

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    Hi

    Run your application from the "public" folder under your server's root directory.

    S.S
    S.S. Ahmed
    Web: www.walisystems.com
    Blog: www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa
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  • 02-18-2003 2:59 AM In reply to

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    support tech

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    are you talking to me?
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  • 02-26-2003 6:32 AM In reply to

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    About empty input field..

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    Hi!

    I used this code for my upload form and worked ok...there's just something i can't get to work.
    I placed a check for the "empty input field" and I can't get it to work.

    <html>
    <?
    if(!empty($userfile)) {
    copy($userfile, "kuva.gif");
    echo("file uploaded");
    }
    else {
    echo("FAILED!");
    }
    ?>
    </html>

    No matter if I turn the code "upside down", it only does the "if" part..can you help me?

    -meissi-
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  • 03-24-2003 11:42 PM In reply to

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    How do in the "no my server"?

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    That's so easy in my self server, but I am using free hosting like iwebland.com.
    May I change temporary directory? no I think so.
    I tried do a copy inside my root, and I discover that I haven't permision to do that.
    I don't know java.
    I can't use ftp because I can't give the access to my customer, but he need put images in the database.
    May redirect the upload trought "<input type=file..." to the directory in my root?
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  • 04-06-2003 1:25 PM In reply to

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    I have a little prob
    I am new php programmer but when I test your upload php. I got a message

    Warning: Unable to create '/home/www/phptest/test.txt': Permission denied in /home/www/phptest/upload.php on line 6
    file up...

    You need to make sure the directory you are uploading to has write permissions. If it doesn't you will get that error!
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  • 04-08-2003 5:39 AM In reply to

    • alirees
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    I have had this problem before.  Your code appears to be ok so it seems odd that it is not working.  Try using the same code but without the braces {} - this often helps me in PHP when for some reason the second branch of the conditional is never reached.



    Quote:
    [1]Posted by meissi on 26 Feb 2003 06:32 AM[/1]
    Hi!

    I used this code for my upload form and worked ok...there's just something i can't get to work.
    I placed a check for the "empty input field" and I can't get it to work.

    <html>
    <?
    if(!empty($userfile)) {
    copy($userfile, "kuva.gif");
    echo("file uploaded");
    }
    else {
    echo("FAILED!");
    }
    ?>
    </html>

    No matter if I turn the code "upside down", it only does the "if" part..can you help me?

    -meissi-
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  • 06-09-2003 7:54 PM In reply to

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    Quote:
    ...I am new php programmer but when I test your upload php. I got a message

    Warning: Unable to create '/home/www/phptest/test.txt': Permission denied in /home/www/phptest/upl

    *bonk on head*

    Perhaps you don't have a www/phptest/ folder

    The text "'/home/www/phptest/test.txt" was just an example, you can make it anything you want, as long as its a valid place in your webspace.
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  • 06-09-2003 7:59 PM In reply to

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    "./phpIV1As" sounds like a directory name, probably the directory of your php folder or where your files are stored on your webspace, which may be inaccessable to you.

    With your "c:pippo.ttt" file name, have you tried putting in the "\" backspace after C: in this text? If you don't, which is what you have done here, then PHP will look for the pippo.ttt file in the present working directory of the C: Drive, which is unnecessarily the root folder of the C: drive.
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  • 06-09-2003 8:02 PM In reply to

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    Perhaps it's more likely that the data getting put into $userfile is not working properly leaving it empty.

    I'd also rather have "<?php" instead of just "<?" when starting to write php code.

    <?php

    if(!empty($userfile))
    {
     copy($userfile, "kuva.gif");
     echo("file uploaded");
    }
    else
    {
     echo("FAILED!");
    }

    ?>
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