Uploading a CGI with PHP

[centavo]

I have been trying unsuccessfully to make a php upload form that uploaded my CGI files, where they worked properly afterwards.

I've created a form that uploads multiple files (html, cgi, and other text related).

After uploading the CGI, I have the script CHMOD the cgi as appropriate.

The facts are as follows:
1. The files upload and appear on the server.
2. The CGI file type variable reports as 'text/plain'.. the other files listed as 'text/html'.
3. Yet, when executing the CGI, I receive an Internal Server Error (just like as if the file was uploaded in binary).
4. Using WSFTP to upload this CGI (ASCII transfer) it works great
5. The other files (html, etc) work fine uploaded via the same PHP form or WSFTP
6. Perms & Ownership appear correctly for all files on this Linux box

Anyone have any ideas for me? Hoping this is something simple that I am overlooking...

[centavo]

I could really use some help on this. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, kind people!

[sarahk]

I've looked at the class I use for uploading and it doesn't have anything to determine the mode for upload.

so I checked out http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

$_FILES['userfile']['type']
The mime type of the file, if the browser provided this information. An example would be "image/gif".

try echo'ing this out and see if the browser is sending back something you don't like.

hth 🙂

[centavo]

Thanks sarah. Its not though. It came up with ''text/plain'... which just baffles me. I was almost sure it was picking it up as a binary file. 🙁 But then... I'm lost. lol. Arr.

[sarahk]

I can't quite remember wsftp (use smartftp these days), can you view the contents of the file. Are they intact or corrupted?

[centavo]

Hrm... I didn't know there was a way in WSFTP to tell if a file was corrupted or not.

Though.. both files look exactly the same on WSFTP from the information I know how to access.. whether uploaded by WSFTP or uploaded by my php form.

Notes: I have uploaded it from WSFTP and the phpform and back again... many, many times. and each and every time the same result. And the HTML files always work... every time.

[sarahk]

Yeah, that didn't work, just tried it by forcing it to upload a file in binary, viewed it and it looked fine. Sorry, I'm out of ideas.

[centavo]

I appreciate your ideas and help. Thank you.

Is there anyone out there that has tried to upload and use a perl/CGI via php upload and has got it working correctly? I figured, with PHP's upload auto-detect type, this would be easy as pie.

[centavo]

So much for this being a simple problem? 🙂 Ack.