upload problems

[Anon]

Hi
I am tring to write an upload form and I can not get it to work. I am wondering if it has to do with there bring about a hundred other fields on the form(not posted below to save space).
Here are the warnings I get:
Warning: Unable to open 'ma-logo-361x177.jpg' for reading: No such file or directory in /opt2/medicala/httpd/htdocs/patientinfoform.php3 on line 199

Warning: Unable to open 'comingsoonsplash.gif' for reading: No such file or directory in /opt2/medicala/httpd/htdocs/patientinfoform.php3 on line 200

Here is the code:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="patientinfoform.php3">
<input type="Hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="409600">
Image Left Ear: <INPUT TYPE="File" NAME="leftear" SIZE="20"><BR>
Image Right Ear: <INPUT TYPE="File" NAME="rightear" SIZE="20"><br>
</form>
<?php
//display uploaded file name and path
print("local file: $leftear_name<br>\n");
//copy uploaded file to a better dir than tmp
$move_dir = '/opt/opt2/medicala/httpd/htdocs/php/earshots/';
copy( $leftear_name, $move_dir . $leftear_name) ;
copy( $rightear_name, $move_dir . $rightear_name) ;
unlink($leftear);
unlink($rightear);
?>

[Anon]

It seems to me as you are trying to copy the the file name variable instead of the actual file.
copy($leftear_name,$move_dir.$leftear_name);
This copies the name of the file you sent to the specified directory.
I think this is what you're looking for.
copy($leftear,$move_dir.$leftear_name);

This copies the file to the directory instead.

When you send a file from a form you will get one variable called whatever you called the form field. This contains the actual file. The variable $xxx_name is just the name of the file.

Check the PHP manual for all the variables involved with file transfers.

[Anon]

Thanks but I had $leftear and $rightear first
and it gave me the same error expect with the path on the client machine included. I checked the manual first that's why I don't understand this. Thanks for the help though