file upload

Anon

I am trying to get a file upload to work and am having problems. I am doing the same thing that I did in previous pages on file uploading that worked and still works. In my form I have the following:

In my script I have this:

$MessageDetails["AddressFile"] = $frmAdd;
$tmp_file = $MessageDetails["AddressFile"];
$new_file = "/data/massmail/address/" . $MessageDetails["SaveAsDate"] . $MessageDetails["SaveAsName"];

if (copy($tmp_file, $new_file)) {
unlink($tmp_file);
}

When the script executes I get the following error:

Warning: Unable to open 'C:\addresslist.txt' for reading: No such file or directory in processing.php3 on line 7
(The copy line)

A phpinfo() that outputs later on the page shows the following for the file field:

HTTP_POST_VARS["frmAdd"] C:\addresslist.txt

It does not show the name, size, or _type variables for the field and if I remember right from previous experience the frmAdd should actually be some temp file (i.e. /tmp/file123).

I am using php 3.0.16 and the browser is IE 5.

Thanks

Anon

Just figured out what I did wrong. Forgot the enctype in the form tag.

Thanks anyways.

Anon

Hey. I know that you figured this out months ago, but I have a question about your post.

I just learned how to upload files, but they are uploaded to a temp directory. How do I upload files to a specific location?

I know the information is in your post, but I'm having a heck of a time figuring it out.

Please bear with me. I just started learning PHP a few months ago.

Anon

You have to move or copy the file from the temp location to where you want it saved. You can use the functions copy and unlink, look at:
http://www.php.net/manual/function.copy.php
http://www.php.net/manual/function.unlink.php

You use the name of the form file field as the source file in the copy function.

In newer versions of php also check out:
http://www.php.net/manual/function.move-uploaded-file.php

Anon

You rock. I was trying to use move_uploaded_file. It just wasn't working out. Thanks so much. :-)