Problem in attachment file name

ndp

when i attach file name from file input box then it takes not real path but other path like "D:\WINNT\php1E1.tmp".

i am new in php coding,i don't understand the problem.

plz. help me.

Thanks.

matt_4013

There are 2 attributes. You're looking at the temp name there. The one you'll want is the original name.

So when you do a file upload, you'd do:

move_uploaded_file($_POST['userfile']['tmp_name'], "c:/path/to/location/".$_POST['userfile']['name']);

ndp

thanks for reply.

but, problem is like,

in my form i have one file input box,
<input type=file name=file_att>

and when i acess the variable $file_att after submition then in gives me values like D:\WINNT\php1F5.tmp when i selected the file C:\test1.txt from browse button.

Plz. reply.

matt_4013

Yes, that is correct.

When you upload a file like that, PHP uploads it to a temporary directory on your server, and stores the location in $_FILES['file_att']['tmp_name'].

You should not be referring to the file by just the variable name, because it wont work.

What you'll need to do, is use this temporary filename that it's giving you (D:\WINNT\php1F5.tmp) and copy that file to the new location on your server. You can rename it to anything you like, or you can keep the original name by using $_FILES['file_att']['name'].

Have a read of this: http://au.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

Weedpacket

Think about the situation over the web: you have a client (the browser) communicating with a server. What you're doing is just the same - the client and the server happen to both be on the same machine, but it's still a client-server thing.

Now imagine someone is uploading a file to your site. They hit their file input field's Browse button, and pick c:\foo\badgers\silly\20030101.jpg (or whatever).

It gets on to your server. Now, what use to you would be the "c:\foo\badgers\silly\" part? That's a file path on the client's machine; it's of no use to you whatever on the server.

So when a file is uploaded, that path is not sent. All you get is a copy of the file and its name.

ndp

if($return=="Attach Files")
{
echo $file_att;
}

I am selecting any file form the any location and i will get the garbede value so please help me in this.

Weedpacket

The original name of the file is in $FILES['file_att']['name']
The file will be found on the server under the name
$FILES['file_att']['tmp_name']
(It's an automatically generated name designed to prevent problems with two people uploading files with the same name.)

The path where it is stored on the client is (a) useless to you and (b) there may not even be one, so it's not supplied at all.

More details can of course be found by RTFM.