Notice: Undefined index: fileUpload

Armydillo

hello there - i was wondering if anyone could help me.
i've only started php and mysql today and so far have managed to create a database and table and found a script to upload images to a database although i seem to be getting errors with this script i.e. Notice: Undefined index: fileUpload

this is where i got the script from which seems to be fine
http://www.devarticles.com/content.php?articleId=68&page=4
but loses the explanation a little so what i have not got is this:

<?php

// GrabFile.php: Takes the details
// of the new file posted as part
// of the form and adds it to the
// myBlobs table of our myFiles DB.

global $strDesc;
global $fileUpload;
global $fileUpload_name;
global $fileUpload_size;
global $fileUpload_type;

echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["strDesc"];
echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["fileUpload"];
//echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["fileUpload_name"];
//echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["fileUpload_size"];
//echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["fileUpload_type"];

// Make sure both a description and
// file have been entered
if(empty($strDesc) || $fileUpload == "none")
die("You must enter both a description and file");

// Database connection variables
$dbServer = "localhost";
$dbDatabase = "pics";
$dbUser = "admin";
$dbPass = "password";

$fileHandle = fopen($fileUpload, "r");
$fileContent = fread($fileHandle, $fileUpload_size);
$fileContent = addslashes($fileContent);

$sConn = mysql_connect($dbServer, $dbUser, $dbPass)
or die("Couldn't connect to database server");

$dConn = mysql_select_db($dbDatabase, $sConn)
or die("Couldn't connect to database $dbDatabase");

$dbQuery = "INSERT INTO reunion VALUES ";
$dbQuery .= "(0, '$strDesc', '$fileContent', '$fileUpload_type')";

mysql_query($dbQuery) or die("Couldn't add file to database");

echo "<h1>File Uploaded</h1>";
echo "The details of the uploaded file are shown below: ";
echo "File name: $fileUpload_name ";
echo "File type: $fileUpload_type ";
echo "File size: $fileUpload_size ";
echo "Uploaded to: $fileUpload ";
echo "<a href='uploadfile.php'>Add Another File</a>";

i have tried search on the internet for this error but the only examples i am getting are pages with this error on - what does it mean and what do i do!!
any help would be very beneficial.
regards
😕

thookerov

i'm having the exact same problem, only sans database. i just want to simulate a file upload from a directory not in the defined localhost to the localhost, thereby allowing it to be linked and/or viewed.

i'm using PHP 4.2.4-dev to work in WinXP with Apache2, but much of my code looks like Armydillo's, with minor changes:
In php.ini, register_globals is set to "off", so i'm using
$_REQUEST[fileUpload]
and so on.

If need be, i can post all my code here, but like i said, it looks similar to the original post. And i get the same results:
path: Array
and then a bunch of notices/warnings about misuse of undefined constants and like that.

i've tried just as hard to find answers to this problem, but newsgroups have been kinda snotty ("Read the manual", which needs updating), and most other tutorials are outdated and focused on Linux (see above, but i've done necessary changes to path structures).

i hope Armydillo was able to find an answer, or that someone else will put one here for us.

Thanks.
joe t.