Trouble with a file upload form

[anthony522]

I'm creating a page that will allow the owner of a site I'm making the ability to add new company logos to his site.

I created a form that asks for the company's name, a brief description of the company as well as a file field that a user would use to upload a file to the server.

As I progress, I like to test things out as I go so I don't get too crazy w/o the basics working. While I can grab the the name and description of the company from the post values, it seems I am unable to get the file upload value.

I have tried searching around the net and these forums for whether or not global variables being turned off is the problem. I also ran a phpinfo() and see that upload_tmp_dir is set to "no value".

So my questions would be:

1. Do global variables have to be turned on to allow a user to upload a file?

2. Does the upload_tmp_dir need to have a value for the script to work?

3. If either of the above are not a factor, is there any tutorial or does anybody have any experience creating something similar?
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   Many thanks in advance.

[rgermain]

So your problem is you can't get a file to upload?
If so try this:

<?
if (isset($upload))
{
//GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT FILES (TempName,Path,File Type,File Name)

//Change to where you would like to place the file!
$path = "/home/yourSite/public_html/";

$tempname = $_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'];
$filetype = $_FILES['photo']['type'];
$filename1 = $_FILES['photo']['name'];

//Checking to make sure the fields aren't empty
if(!empty($filename1))
{
copy($tempname, $path.$filename1) or die("Couldn't copy the file!");
echo "File Uploaded Successfully!";
}
else
{
echo "You must have something to upload!";
}
}

else {
?>
<form action="<?$PHP_SELF?>" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" name="form1">
File 1: <input type="File" name="photo" size="25" maxlength="255"><BR>
<BR><input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload">
 <input type="reset" name="clear" value="Clear">
</form>
<?}?>

[leatherback]

Hi,

File uploads works fine with the register globals switched of.
As for the upload directory.. I am not sure but I would say that is has to be specified..

J.

[AstroTeg]

1. No
2. No
3. Sadly, no - at least off the top of my head. I'm sure a google search would yield something.

Make sure set the form submit method to multipart/form-data. Also make sure you use move_uploaded_file() (probably find some good info in there too).

[anthony522]

Originally posted by rgermain
So your problem is you can't get a file to upload?
If so try this:

I'll give that a try tonight and let you know how it went.

Thanks.

[anthony522]

I was trying this out last night and I keep getting a parse error. Tried to troubleshoot but I couldn't figure out what the problem was after many attempt. Here is the code I'm using:

<?php
if_( isset($upload) ) 
	{ 
		//GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT FILES (TempName,Path,File Type,File Name) 

	//Change to where you would like to place the file! 
	$path_=_"/home/yourSite/public_html/"; 

	$tempname_=_$_FILES['photo']['tmp_name']; 
	$filetype_=_$_FILES['photo']['type']; 
	$filename1_=_$_FILES['photo']['name']; 

	//Checking to make sure the fields aren't empty 
	if( !empty($filename1) ) 
		{ 
			copy($tempname,_$path.$filename1)_or_die("Couldn't copy the file!"); 
			echo_"File Uploaded Successfully!"; 
		} 
	else 
		{ 
			echo_"You must have something to upload!"; 
		} 
} 
else 
	{ ?> 
		<form action="<?php $PHP_SELF ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" name="form1"> 
		File 1: <input type="File" name="photo" size="25" maxlength="255"><BR> 
		<BR><input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload"> 
		<input type="reset" name="clear" value="Clear"> 
		</form> 
	<?php } ?>

[mtimdog]

What line was the parse error on?

[anthony522]

Originally posted by mtimdog
What line was the parse error on?

It is saying line 34 when the code is in my page.

Would be right at the beginning. I don't see it though.

[mtimdog]

At the top of the code you have
if_(
instead of if (