Upload Files

[Anon]

How do I upload files from php form to my ISP / server, some kind of atach?
Thanks

[van__]

here's a form for you to start off with...

<FORM ACTION="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
<b>File:</b><br>
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="task" value="upload">
<INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="file">
<br>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="SUBMIT">
</FORM>

on the recieving end you should have these vars set:

echo "name: $file_name<br>\n";
echo "type: $file_type<br>\n";
echo "size: $file_size<br>\n";
...as well as the var $file, which will be the actual file.

with PHP-4.1.x you can directly access the file via the $_FILE auto-global.

You can view the array structure:
print_r($_FILE);

After the file is uploaded, your file will actually only be a temp file and will be destroyed unless you save it.

so you should do:
@copy($file,'/path/to/where/I/want/it/to/go/'.$file_name);
and it will be copied there for you.

[triffik]

AT the moment some ISPs are not allowing PHP to upload files, because there was a little bug/scare a short while ago.

while there is a patch out for this, some isps have not bothered to get round to doing it

so if the code above doesnt work for u, try it on a few other isps, and then try locally with no restrictions, because it might be your isp will not let such a script finish exectution.

xcalibre.co.uk who provide my hosting have finished these week (i've yet to go and upload something to test it), but it was irritating being without it.... meant i had to work strictly offline.

joe