Uploading jpeg from client via browser

achilles

I'm trying to upload a file via an html form to deposit it in a directory on a website.

the form posts the data to this script

<?php

print($image . " " . $image_name . " " . $image_size . " " . $image_type);

$storagesite = "c:\images" . $image_name;

if (copy($image, $storagesite))
{
print(" Successful upload!");
}
else
{
print(" Error could not complete upload!");
}

I then recieve this error message.

Warning: Unable to open '\php2' for reading: Unknown error in c:\program files\abriasoft\abria sql\apache\htdocs\webtemplates\copy_file.php on line 7

What am I doing wrong or what is it that I've not done.

Thanks in advance

techek

I do have made an upload-function at a big website, but it runs on Debian Linux and therefore its a bit difficult for me to say what could be wrong.

But I'd start viewing the directory which you have specified in your php.ini-file. That way you can confirm if the file is uploaded or not.

As far as I know, PHP will attempt to remove the file when the script terminates, but then again (Windows) I don't know.

Third, it's always a good idea to use file_exists if you want to know if a file is uploaded.

Fourth, there's a few variables which is set when you upload a file :

$file - temporary filename in your tmp-folder
$file_type - mimetype of uploaded file - can be faked!
$file_size - size of the file uploaded
$file_name - original filename which can contain some "stupid" and unwanted chars!

I guess that's it - hope you manage to make it work.

achilles

Thanks Techek,

it was a permissions problem on a damned windows box I've been forced to work with