When you say you need to include a filename, do you mean the $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] or the variable name identified in the input tag? (name="userfile")
--- Mark Heintz PHP Mailing Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You have to include a filename along with the path when you're using > move_uploaded_file(); if you're only specifying > '/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/blast/images' as your destination string, php > is trying to create a file named 'images' in > '/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/blast'. If there's still a problem, > the user that your webserver (and therefore php, in most cases) runs as > may not have write permission to the directory you're trying to move to. > Make sure the webserver can write to the destination directory. > > mh. > > > On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Andrew Rench wrote: > > > thanks for the advice- this makes sense as to why I'm not seeing the file. I added >the > > move_uploaded_file() to the script to see what happens and I end up getting the >following > error: > > PHP Warning: Unable to move '/var/tmp/phpfcwVyC' to >'/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/blast/images' > in > > /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/blast/upload_test2.php on line 10 > > > > Am I setting the path wrong? Should it be relative to the 'upload_test2.php' file? > > > > thanks > > > > --- "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Andrew Rench [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 24 January 2003 17:05 > > > > > > > > the following code: > > > > > > > > <html> > > > > <body> > > > > <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method > > > > ="post"> > > > > <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000"> > > > > Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file"> > > > > <input type="submit" value="Send File"> > > > > </form> > > > > <?php > > > > echo $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']; > > > > ?> > > > > </body> > > > > </html> > > > > > > > > produces the following after upload: > > > > > > > > /var/tmp/phplSTEVp (or php[something-or-other]) > > > > > > > > When I view that directory, it is empty. > > > > > > When you upload a file, the file PHP puts it in is a temporary file -- hence the > ['tmp_name'] > > > key -- which is your /var/tmp/php??????. Because it's a temporary file, PHP >automatically > > > deletes it when the script ends. If you haven't done something with it in the >script (such > as > > > move_uploaded_file() it), it's gone forever. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > > > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > > > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > > > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
