Uploading Image Error

jmhall09

I have a form.

After I submit, this is my copy statement.
copy ("$PropertyImage", "/images/$ImageName");

This is the error I get in IE
Warning: Unable to create '/images/logo.gif': No such file or directory in /home/ejfweb/ejfrealestate-www/EJFAdmin/addinfo.php on line 16

Can someone please help

Thanks

rrijnders

The path to where you want to copy the image to has to be an absolute path on the server and has to exist. It looks like you are trying to write the file to a directory relative to your web server's home directory.

-- Rich

Anon

So how would that look?

Anon

don't forget, you need to specify the enc type ...
<form method='post' action='$PHP_SELF' enctype='multipart/form-data'>

and you need to specify a maximum filesize ...
<input type='hidden' name='MAX_FILE_SIZE' value='1000000'>

Anon

I have done all that. I just need to figure out the copy statement with the correct path. It is giving me an error telling me that the path I have cannot be created or access is denied.

Anon

it looks like you are trying to create a file in /images/ when you should be creating it in /home/ejfweb/ejfrealestate-www/EJFAdmin/images/ or something like that

use the entire path in the copy statement

rrijnders

Well, according to your error message, your script is running in:

"/home/ejfweb/ejfrealestate-www/EJFAdmin/"

From this, I am then assuming that the root to the web site ("ejfrealestate") is:

"/home/ejfweb/ejfrealestate-www/"

and that you want to allow the site admin to upload images to:

"/home/ejfweb/ejfrealestate-www/images/"

OK so far?

so if you wanted the images saved in the "/images/" direcory your best bet would be to save it as so:

$pathAndFile = $DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/images/" . $ImageName;

copy ($PropertyImage, $pathAndFile);

Just make sure the "/images/" subdirectory already exists and that the UID the web server runs as has write access to it. Also, since you are letting the user name the file themselves, you probably should check to make sure the name is unique in the images directory.

HTH
-- Rich