register_globals=off and multipart/form-data

tomfrit

Hi,

i have a little script that uploads files specified in a form to my server and now i want it to work with register_globals=off ... i got all my variables with $_REQUEST but with <input type=file etc> it doesn't seem to work

does anyone know how to do this? I tried $_FILES because it sounded reasonable but no luck.

thanks for reading,
thomas

merkinmuffley

actually $FILES is the right place. just try putting this bit of code in where you handle the post request:

echo "<pre>";
print_r($_FILES);
echo "</pre>";
exit();

// the output should be something like:
/*
Array
(
    [uploadImg] => Array
        (
            [name] => cubs.gif
            [type] => image/gif
            [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpGhIOho
            [error] => 0
            [size] => 3705
        )

)
*/

tomfrit

thanks, i've seen that already, but i can't seem to get the upload to work. i used to do it with

copy("$img", "$img_name");

but that doesn't work anymore even though i put

$img = $_FILES['img'];

on top. is there anything else i need to do? excuse me if this is a dumb question but i'm a bit lost when it comes to handling arrays ...

thanks, thomas

merkinmuffley

take another look at the structure of the $_FILES array... i don't think you've really seen it yet. this:

$img = $_FILES["img"];

assigns an array to the variable $img. you want:

$img = $_FILES["img"]["tmp_name"];

maybe it would help to read the manual page:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

tomfrit

thanks a lot, i figured it out now. as i said, it used to work that way and i'm not an array expert, the $_FILES["img"]["tmp_name"] thing was new to me.

thanks, thomas