uploading on winnt

vbmurray

I am having problems uploading to my windows 2000 server. I have the script right for inserting into mySQL database. It will insert the file into my db, but I need to actually upload the file to the server. tempfile->hard disk.

<?php
$file_name = str_replace(" ", "", $file_name);
$sql = "INSERT INTO photo (album, file_name, thumb_name, description, active) VALUES ('$album', '$file_name', '$thumb_name', '$description', '$active')";
mysql_query($sql);
exec("copy $file ../photo/$file_name");
exec("copy $thumb ../photo/thumbs/$thumb_name");
?>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The photo was uploaded
successfully!<br>
<br>
<?php
echo "<img src=../photo/$file_name><br>\n";
?>

I put the script above, but I do not know the command for executing a copy command on windows. I know this works on unix, but do i need the full path for windows? or do I have it scripted wrong?

Thanks in advance.

diego25

Are you sure "copy" is the copy command in Unix? I have Linux and the copy command is "cp", and "copy" gives me a "command not found" error.

But anyway, "copy" is the copy command for Windows, too. But why use system specific commands when you can use PHP functions like move_uploaded_file()?

Diego

vbmurray

sorry... I tried that code on my windows server because copy is the command to copy files. The rest of the script works fine (for inserting into my db etc...) The script I was using on unix used the cp command.

I was hoping someone could tell me a good way to copy/move/rename the file that I have uploaded into a temp file to another location on windows.

i like your example move_uploaded_file().... is there a copy command as well? does anyone have any sample code that might work for my situation?

the temp file is $file ... the actual filename is $file_name...which is stored in the db. I am also using $thumb / $thumb_name for the thumbnail. all I need to do is copy the $file (temp file) to a location on my servers disk in the wwwroot dir.

Do I need the full path in windows? if so can it have spaces? backslashes etc...?? or can I use a php command such as "move_uploaded_file()"???

Any suggestions??

Thanks.

Christoph09

I'm having this exact same problem.

Trying to use the copy() function with an uploaded image I get the error - No such file or directory.

The dir IS there and has the proper permissions.

vbmurray

I still am not able to copy the file. It is in the tmp directory successfully, I just need to copy it to disk. I have the temp file name ($file) and I am using ($file_name) to get it from the db. For now, I am just copying it manually and everything else works (mysql etc..)...

I think it is either because I have a space in my path or I am not in the right directory to start/end with.

???

Any one else had this problem using winnt server? Any solution?

Christoph09

What error message are you getting?

You sure you have the correct permissions on the destination directory? In IIS you'd need to have 'write' and 'script source access' (I think).

jerdo

Have you read the manual? It has a really nice section on file uploads. Even gives you the correct commands to do this like move_uploaded_file, I don't think you can use copy that way because the uploaded file exists in a temporary space that you aren't specifying. Read this it pretty much explains it all http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

vbmurray

Thanks... I'll give it a try when I get home.