PHP FormMail

Anon

I am fairly new to PHP and have began using a script that is basically Matt' Script Archive FormMail. However, it also allows you to attach a file to the other fields within the form. I have gotten the script to work as far as required fields, etc, but when I ATTACH A FILE, it gives me the following error:

Warning: Unable to create '/resume.txt': Permission denied in /home/hostin0/public_html/formmail.php on line 243Warning: Unable to create '/index.html': Permission denied in /home/hostin0/public_html/formmail.php on line 243

The line that it is refering to is int he following:

// check for a file if there is a file upload it
if ($file_name) {
if (!ereg("/$", $path_to_file))
$path_to_file = $path_to_file."/";
$location = $path_to_file.$file_name;
copy($file,$location);
unlink($file);
$content .= "Uploaded File: ".$path_to_file.$file_name."\n";
}

The form has all of the correct fields, so it is a problem with the script and I have no idea!

If anyone has any suggestions, pleas help!

Thanks,

David Young

kparker

Unable to create '/resume.txt'

You're trying to create the file in the root directory /, and of course the apache user (most likely 'nobody') doesn't have the rights to do that.

Anon

Then how do I fix it?

kparker

$path_to_file appears to be starting out as the empty string. You need to create (or find) a suitable directory where your apache user does have authority to create files, and use that as $path_to_file.

Also, and purely as a performance enhancement, if it turns out that /tmp and your permanent destination directory are on the same physical disk volume, you can use rename() instead of copy()+remove(). No copying of the data is then required, the file just gets a new directory entry in the right place. If the upload files are tiny, it's no big deal, but the last time I needed to do this they were uploading 20M+ sized realmeadia and mpeg files.

Anon

Is that an absolute path?

For me, it would be:

home/hostin0/public_html (Solaris OS)

but I would imagine that I should put it in a directory that is not accessible through the web, so just home/hostin0/

--- or ---

is it supposed to be a directory, like

www.domain.com/directory?

I apologize for my lack of knowledge, but I am brand-new to this.

Thanks for the help.