Upload File Problem

RobHudson · Aug 1, 2002

I am trying to copy a file from a local machine to a webserver using copy(). When the script is run locally it works fine, but since it has been put on the webserver it fails with the following warning:

Warning: Unable to open 'C:\Clients\MTS\Course Data\WebSync XML\upload_q_headers.xml' for reading: No such file or directory in /htdocs/test/websync/rob_upload_xml.php on line 27

Does anyone have any ideas on the mistake that I am making??

Here's the code:

//Copies [uploads] the given xml file to the web server
//This requires a query string of file_name, web_location and file_location to be passed through
$web_location = "/htdocs/test/websync/";
$file_location = "C:\\Clients\\MTS\\Course Data\\WebSync XML\\";
$file_name = "upload_q_headers.xml";

//Set the script time out to never timeout
//Allows for script taking longer than 30 secs [or whatever the php default is]
set_time_limit(0);

//Establish local and web locations
$local_file = $file_location.$file_name;

//Upload the file
if (!copy($local_file, $web_location))
echo "Didn't work!";
else
echo "Worked!";

Help me!!

AnakinPt · Aug 1, 2002

The browser uses a user to run. Does it has priviledges to enter all of the dirs in the path and to read the file?

Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com

RobHudson · Aug 1, 2002

I assume th browser uses the user that I am logged on as...if so I am on as administrator - in which case it does have permissions to that directory [or at least that local directory]...

Could it be a php.ini problem??

AnakinPt · Aug 1, 2002

no ... the IIS runs, by default, as a user implicity created by him. It should be something like IUSR_MACHINENAME.
Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com

danielhozac · Aug 1, 2002

It seems as if you are trying to copy a file from your computer to the webserver with the copy function, which of course would fail since there is no upload. You would have to create a form and upload the file via that form. //Daniel

RobHudson · Aug 1, 2002

You've hit the nail on the head there Daniel - thanks

Doing this works:

<?
function handleupload()
{
if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']))
{
$filename = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
print "$filename was uploaded successfuly<br>";

$realname = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
print "realname is $realname<br>";

print "copying file to uploads dir<br>";

copy($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $web_location.$realname);
}
else
{
echo "Possible file upload attack: filename ".$_FILES['userfile']['name'].".<br>";
}
}
?>

<html>
<body>

<?
if ($act == "upload&quot

{
handleupload();
}
?>

<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="test_upload.php?act=upload" name="fMain">
File:<INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile" SIZE="35">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000">
<input type="submit" value="Upload" name="B1">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Thank you all for your help...

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