HELP ME!

Anon

Why can't this code not work??
Plz help me!

<head><title>Binary Data abspeichern</title></head>
<body>
<?php
global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
if ($submit) {
$db = mysql_connect("localhost","localhost","") or mysql_die("Unable to connect");

$data = addslashes(fread(fopen($form_data, 'rb'), filesize($form_data)));
@mysql_query("INSERT INTO binary_data.binary_data (description,bin_data,filename,filesize,filetype) VALUES ('$form_description','$data','$form_data_name','$form_data_size','$form_data_type')");

} else {
?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data">
File Description:<br>
<input type="text" name="form_description" size="40">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000">
<br>File to upload/store in database:<br>
<input type="file" name="form_data" size="40">
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<?php } ?>
</body>

Anon

well, i dont know why it wont work.
did you try an print mysql_error?

Anon

Well... first, I dont think you have to declare $HTTP_POST_VARS as a global variable since it already should be global. But you should use $POST instead of $HTTP_POST_VARS (if your version of PHP >= 4.1.0). And check if register global is on (if you want to use $variable_name instead of $POST["variable_name"]). But I suggest you to use $_POST.

Anon

thx for your help,
from the example of
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/florian19991014.php3?page=2
i changed the code now to this:

<head><title>save binary data</title></head>
<body>
<?php
if ($submit) {
$db = mysql_connect("localhost","localhost","") or mysql_die("Unable to connect");

$data = addslashes(fread(fopen($form_data, 'rb'), filesize($form_data)));
@mysql_query("INSERT INTO binary_data.binary_data (description,bin_data,filename,filesize,filetype) VALUES ('$form_description','$data','$form_data_name','$form_data_size','$form_data_type')");

any suggestions? 🙂