move file error (this is pissing me off)

seidel

I am trying to copy a file to another folder and am getting am error

<?
$image="QS0107015010.jpg";
$imagelocation="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\upolad\".$image;
$upfile="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\finalupolad\".$image;
copy($imagelocation, $upfile);
?>

Warning: Unable to open 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\upolad\QS0107015010.jpg' for reading: No such file or directory in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\move_file.php on line 24

All I want to do is move th f____ing file from one folder to antoher, why does php make it so hard?

reagent

ok, I'm assuming that $upfile is a file that was uploaded through the browser, is that correct?

if so, (assuming php4), you would need to use the $HTTP_POST_FILES[] server variable to have access to all the information about this file.

it's very unlikely that your $image variable is the filename of the file in the upload directory.

to make it easier to code, you may want to replace all your double '\' with a single forward slash '/'. don't worry, it will work on windows too..

hth
p.

seidel

The upfile variable is the location for the file to be copied to,

Breakdown:

There are 2 folders

Folder_1
image.jpg

Folder_2

Goal

I want to move image.jpg to Folder_2. The image.jpg already exsits in Folder_1, I am not grabbing from a Browser.

I hope you can help me before I throw this PHP out the window

Thanks A million again

Christopher

junebug

have you made sure that file is being uploaded properly? try just uploading the file and making sure it exists before trying to copy

seidel

OK know I have a new problem,

I am using this script

<?
$image="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\upload\QS0107015010.jpg";
$upfile="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\finalupolad\";
copy($image, $upfile);
?>

After I execute this script there is no file in the finalupload folder(destination folder) and there are no errors. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Anon

Are you rewriting this script to post or just copy and pasting it here for us to view?
You spelled the directory "..\finalupload\" as "..\finalupolad\" on line 3 and you did it twice in your first post. That could account for both problems.

Erik

seidel

Thank you for pointing out my typo, I feel like a _ss, However I am now recieving this error when I run the script

Warning: Unable to create 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\finalupload': Permission denied in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\dhl\current_development\move_file.php on line 23

What is Permission denied, do I have to configure my machine or .in file to allow file copy()? or is this something else?

Thanks

Anon

This is a security issue. Your webserver must have the permission to write in that target directory.