File Uploads not working

Anon

Well, this is a bit embarassing, but I can't get files to upload from a form. I'm convinced it's a config setting, but I can't figure out what. Maybe it's just that I'm working on the weekend 🙂 Ok, so here's a very basic script I'm trying to run:

<BODY>

<?php

echo "IMAGE NAME IS $userfile_name <BR>";
echo "IMAGE TYPE IS $userfile_type <BR>";
echo "FILESIZE IS: $userfile_size <BR><BR><BR>";

</BODY>

I choose a file, submit it, and the $userfile variables,including $userfile itself, are all empty.

My php.ini has file_uploads = On.

I configured php with the following:

./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-xml \
--with-apache=../apache_1.3.26 \
--enable-track-vars \
--enable-trans-sid \
--enable-magic-quotes \
--enable-ftp

Can anyone see anything obviously wrong? I've done this before(without problems), but not on this particular install.

Thanks,

John Gerstenslager

Anon

Well, I have a feeling I know what is causing this, although I haven't been able to fix it yet. For some reason, variables aren't acting the way I expect them to. For example, I used to be able to register a session variable, and then refer to it as a regular varialbe:

userID = 1;
session_register("userID");

then in another script I could just use $userID to get that value. Now I have to use:

$HTTP_SESSION_VARS["userID"];

Anyone know why that is, because it's a big pain. I figure I missed something in the install, but I can't figure out what. When I look at phpinfo() it shows:

_FILES["userfile"]

Array
(
[name] => mozilla-installer
[type] => application/octet-stream
[tmp_name] => /tmp/phpzM46VQ
[error] => 0
[size] => 1641
)
so the file is in there, I just don't know how to get it out.

Thanks

sp0rk

You can access the file by tmp_name. Here's a snip from a script of mine that moves the uploaded file from the temp-directory to the users directory.

move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/webroot/users/" . $user . "/" . $HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name']);

Anon

Very nice.

Thank you.

Anon

Also John. The reason it has changed is because PHP has changed. From PHP3 to PHP4 the session management has changed. Take it easy!
Chad R. Smith
www.brokenformula.com