Weird output??

[Anon]

OK I have a form which I am using to select a local file for upload this form was called as a function in a require file. Now along with the file I am also getting user input from two text boxes...when I try to process the data, the text inputs pass to the next page perfectly however the file is showing up as

/var/tmp/phpAAAOeayLL

and is I run it again it will be different jibberish? What the heck is that? Any and all help appreciated!

Marcel.

[Anon]

var/tmp/phpAAAOeayLL is a tmp file name that forces the file name to be unique.

in your upload form check to see what you've got for the filename. example:

<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file">

after the file has been uploaded $userfile would contain the temp file name and $userfile_name would contain the name of the file on the senders system.

check the manual for more info:
http://php.net/manual/features.file-upload.php

[Anon]

Aaah got it. I also noted that because I was checking on file type incorrectly it was prematurely halting the upload and therefor returning the temp file name rather than the desired file name. Thanks for your help.

Marcel.