Very new to PHP I'm afraid :rolleyes: . I am trying to code a form which will enable me to insert info into my database. One of the things I want to be able to do is upload images. Everything works find on my localweb (with EasyPHP), but when I try with my free web space it doesn't work, and the field is considered as being empty.

If anyone could suggest why or see any really bad problem then I would be really grateful.😕

Hope you don't mind, but I've posted all my code as I'm not sure where the problem could come from. PLease don't laugh! :p

<?
$connect=mysql_connect("localhost","",""); // obviously taken out password etc
mysql_select_db("");
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Inscription Form</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#CCCCCC" text="#990066">
<table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" class="sharon">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Welcome to Sharon's World!<br>
<br>
To become a member, please fill in the form below. <br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" height="487">
<form action="<? echo $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form1">
<p>Name: <br>
<input name="name" type="text" id="name">
<br>
<br>
Surname:
<input name="surname" type="text" id="surname">
</p>
<p>Profession:
<input name="profession" type="text" id="profession">
</p>
<p>Phone:<br>
<input name="phone" type="text" id="phone">
</p>
<p>Postcode:
<input name="postcode" type="text" id="postcode">
</p>
<p>E-mail:<br>
<input name="mail" type="text" id="mail">
</p>
<p> Date of Birth:<br>
<input name="dob" type="text" id="dob" value="0000-00-00">
<br>
<br>
Town:</p>
<p>
<input name="town" type="text" id="town">
</p>
Photo :
<input name="photo" type="file" id="photo">

      <input name="go" type="submit" id="go" value="Send">

  </form></td>
  <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>
</table>
<?
if(isset($go))
{if (empty($name)||empty($surname)||empty($profession)||empty($phone)||empty($postcode)||empty($photo)||empty($mail)||empty($town)) {
die("STOP. Some fields may be empty");}
if (ereg("[a-z|.]+@[[:alpha:]|-]+.[[:alpha:]]",$mail)==0) die ("Please enter a valid e-mail address");
else
{
if(is_uploaded_file($photo)) { move_uploaded_file($photo,"images/$photo_name");};

  $requete="INSERT INTO people(name,surname,profession,phone,postcode,mail,dob,town,photo) VALUES('$name','$surname','$profession','$phone','$postcode','$mail','$dob','$town','$photo_name')";
  mysql_query($requete); 

  if(mysql_insert_id()!=0) 
  {echo "This is the photo you have sent us:<br><img src=images/".$photo_name.">";} 
  else {echo "There was a problem with your form, please try again or contact us";};
  };
  };
  ?>

</body>
</html>
<?
mysql_close($connect);
?>

:eek: :eek: :eek: 😕 :rolleyes:

    Hiya,

    I had the same problem some time ago when I was running the PHP script Gallery and getting file upload problems (empty fields, upload errors)

    I tried everything I could think of, and in desperation, I looked at my php.ini file. And there it was...

    file_uploads=0

    Simply changing this to file_uploads=1, saving php.ini and restarting Apache resolved the issue for me! If you ain't got file_uploads enabled in php.ini, you'll never be able to upload via the browser!

    HTH

    Jonathen

      Thanks for your reply.

      You've really lost me. I'm so new to PHP that I don't if kno what you're talking about! :mad:

      Where can I find the file file_uploads=0 so that I can change it? If you could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful.

      Thanks again,

      Sharon

        Me again,

        I have just tried to run my script on a different server (because I don't know what my ini file is) and it worked better.

        My image name was inserted into my DB and field wasn't considered as being empty, so at least I'm going in the right direction.

        However, I get the following error message

        Warning: Unable to create 'images/Alveole.jpg': Permission denied in /usr/home/mugshotgifts/public_html/sharon_inscription.php on line 80

        Warning: Unable to move '/var/tmp/phpkqbkL8' to 'images/Alveole.jpg' in /usr/home/mugshotgifts/public_html/sharon_inscription.php on line 80

        Line 80 of my code is

        if(is_uploaded_file($photo)) { move_uploaded_file($photo,"images/$photo_name");};

        I think there's probably only a small problem, but I'm soooo new to PHP that I just can't identify it! Anyone know what's going wrong?

          I'm guessing you probably don't have access to the php.ini.
          (It's the initialization file that php uses when it's started. Generally, you need to be a server admin to touch this sucker.)

          Here's what is probably the deal with your file copy failure...
          The PHP user (the user under which PHP runs, ie "nobody" or "www" or "joe") must have write permissions in BOTH the temporary directory and the directory to which it is copying the file. Otherwise, it won't go where it's supposed to go and you'll get nasty parse errors. The likely cause of the file copy failure is permissions. You need to be sure that the directory you're moving the image file to is writable by PHP.

          dig?

            Hi,

            To find out the settings on php.ini, create a new file called phpinfo.php and enter the following line into it:

            <?php phpinfo(); ?>

            Then save it, upload it to the server and go to it (i.e http://mysite.com/phpinfo.php)

            This will tell you the version of PHP, the location of php.ini and will show you the various modules under PHP. Do a search on the page for file_uploads - this will show you whether it is switched on or not (1 if it is on, 0 if it is off)

            If the value is 0, then at the top of the page, look at the path to php.ini (Configuration File (php.ini) Path - i.e /etc/php.ini) Once you know the path to it, you can then find it on your server and edit the file_uploads=0 to file_uploads=1.

            As for line 80, it's trying to create/upload an image to the images directory called Alveole.jpg, but cannot do so due to permissions. As this fails due to permissions, it then cannot move '/var/tmp/phpkqbkL8' to the images directory (the temp file used for creating/uploading the file) because of the aforementioned permissions problem.

            Trying changing the permissions of your images directory to 777 temporarily (type: chmod -R 777 images)

            HTH

            Jonathen

              Thanks for all of that and for your patience . I'm going to have a try in a minute.

              Just two quick questions:

              stimulus:
              what do you mean by making sure that the directory where I will be moving my image file is writable in PHP? The image file is on the same server...

              jonathen:
              I'm going to have a go at the .ini file later on today, so I'll let you know if I manage!
              I'm not very sure what you mean about changing the permissions of my images directory to 777 temporarily. How do I do this and where am meant to type chmod -R 777 images?

              Sorry if I sound really thick but I'm really new to all of this and have been working on PHP all week. It's really interesting though and I think I've already learnt quite a lot but have a hell of a lot still to learn.
              🙂 🙂 🙂 😃

                what do you mean by making sure that the directory where I will be moving my image file is writable in PHP? The image file is on the same server...

                The same thing jonathen means by chmod 777. 🙂
                This is a pretty heavy duty thing to just be getting into php with, but I applaud your ambition.

                UNIX is a multi-user operating system, so directories are "owned" by different users. "Permissions" simply refer to what level of access to a given file or directory a user has.

                "chmod" is a unix command used to change permissions.

                I dug up a pretty quick, yet thorough, guide to understanding fie permissions here:

                http://websiteowner.info/tutorials/server/permissions.asp

                This should help you in your php endeavors as well as give you a peek into the world of unix.

                  Wow!! Wow!! Wow!!

                  It works!!!!

                  I changed the "thing" to 777 and it works! Thank you so much for directing me to that great article. I'm now going to read through it to get a better understanding.

                  Thank you to both of you!!! Yes, I am very ambitious but it's mainly due to the fact that I find PHP very interesting and can't wait to have a better understanding.

                  Thanks again,

                  Sharon

                  😃 😃 :p

                    4 days later

                    i cannot find the item of "upload_file=0"

                    i encounter the same trouble!

                    the following is the detailed infomation of my phpinfo()!

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                    :o

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