They aren't really handles (whatever a handle might be) they are simply
copies of the data from the $_FILES array so you can use $imageName
instead of $_FILES['photo_file']['name'] everywhere throughout the rest of
the script.
-Rasmus
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The following is a script from the php.net site for supposedly uploading files via
>ftp. My question is, why do we have to build handles, what is the purpose of
>creating this array?
>
> //Build handles for uploaded image
> $imageUpFile = $_FILES['photo_file']['tmp_name'];
> $imageType = $_FILES['photo_file']['type'];
> $imageName = $_FILES['photo_file']['name'];
>
> //Open the uploaded pic (temp file)
> if ($thePic = fopen ($imageUpFile, "rb"))
> {
> //read temp file into var
> $savePic = fread($thePic, filesize($imageUpFile));
>
> //Open a new file in the correct directory using the name of the uploaded pic file
> if ($fileHandle = fopen("ftp://username:password@put/directory/here/$imageName";,
>"w"))
> {
> //Put data into just opened file pointer
> if (fwrite ($fileHandle, $savePic))
> {
> echo "file <b>$imageName</b> successfully written";
> }
> else
> {
> echo "file <b>$imageName</b> was NOT written";
> }
> }
> fclose ($fileHandle);
> fclose ($thePic);
> }
> else
> {
> // The file was not created. Inform the user.
> echo ("<b> The file: $imageUpFile could not be created!</b>
> ");
> }
>
>
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