Uploading files

[MacTommy]

This is a newbie question I guess. I've got a script that should let users upload files, but nothing seems to happen.

The form looks like this:

   <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="./myPage.php"
	  method="POST">
     <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10000000">
    Upload a new file: <input name="sUploadFile" type=file><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Upload File">
   </form>

After that I print $_FILES['sUploadFile']['tmp_name'] which is something like /var/tmp/phpNsBgs0. However, in /var/tmp/ there are no files called like that..?!?
file_uploads is on in my php.ini. The max size is 2Mb.
Also, I tried setting upload_tmp_dir to another folder in my php.ini.
This results in the $_FILES['sUploadFile']['tmp_name'] still being /var/tmp/phpNsBgs0, while move_uploaded_file() starts to complain that it can't find a file in my newly set upload_tmp_dir.

I'm quit at loss..?!?

 

[MacTommy]

Oops, that last bit is actually not true. setting upload_tmp_dir appears to have no effect at all..?!?
The $_FILES['sUploadFile']['tmp_name'] is still set to something in /var/tmp/ while there is nothing there...
So move_uploaded_files() can't find it and complains about that...

 

[jpadie]

the temp files created by php are automatically deleted once the script is finished.
so you have to do the move_uploaded_file() before the receiving script ends.
remember to check the $_FILES['sUploadFile']['error'] before you start processing. that returns lots of useful information about whether the file has uploaded properly and, if not, what the problem might be.

 

[vacunita]

Check PHP.ini to find out where your temp_dir is supposed to be. You need to also make sure that user as which PHP is running has access to that folder.

You may also want to echo $_FILES['userfile']['error'] It should have some value if there was some kind of problem uploading the file.

If there's a value there other than 0, it means there was an error.

PHP's online manual provides a list of the error codes, so you can tell what went wrong:

http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.errors.php

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[MacTommy]

Thanks guys!
I found out about the $_FILES['myFile']['error'] already but it didn't give one (an error, that is...).
Probably because everything is fine. I just have to do something with the file before the script ends as jpadie says.
That might be it because I have several scripts that work togther via AJAX.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the suggestions.
Cheers!

 

[vacunita]

Technically $_FILES['sUploadFile']['error'] would have a Number, that corresponds to an error or 0 if there is no error not really an error message.

We'd need to know ab bit more about your script to see how its working.







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