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[csousley]

I'm trying to write a script (shellscript, applescript, whatever) that will upload a directory of photos (one at a time if needed) to a php page for processing, just like it was submitted by a form.

Any ideas? Thanks.

[swr]

You can use PHP to create command-line scripts:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php

To do the actual upload, CURL:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php

If you have the "curl" command line tool you can use it directly. "man curl" for more details.

[csousley]

Right, I've been playing around with curl for a few days now and can't seem to get it right. I can get it to upload a photo, but not to a php page so it can be processed like it had been submitted by a form. I don't imagine I'm to far off but something's not right.

Does anyone know how to use curl to 'post' an image to a php page? I guess that's what I'm really looking for, although at this point anything will do!

Thanks

[csousley]

OK, I thought I was onto something... but here is my curl statement and the error I get back:

Sousleys-Computer:~ csousley$ curl -F 'userfile=/volumes/WebScripts/Applescripts/Photos/web/big/a2plow13.jpg' http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/scripts/ai/imageput.php

<br />es/Mirror/www/images/holding/<br>
<b>Warning</b>: copy(/volumes/WebScripts/Applescripts/Photos/web/big/a2plow13.jpg) [<a href='http://www.php.net/function.copy'>function.copy</a>]: failed to create stream: No such file or directory in <b>/Volumes/Mirror/www/scripts/ai/imageput.php</b> on line <b>8</b><br />

Sousleys-Computer:~ csousley$

and then the page that does the processing:

<?
include('get_vars.php');

$stamp = date(U);
$ex = ".jpg";
$userfile_name = $stamp.$ex;
$dest_path = "/volumes/Mirror/www/images/holding/";
$upfile = $dest_path.$userfile_name;

if (!$userfile) {
	echo "<font color='#FF0000'>Error: No File Selected For Uploaded</font>";
	exit;
}
if (!copy($userfile, $upfile)) {
	echo "<font color='#FF0000'>Error: Could Not Move File Into Images Directory</font>";
	exit;
}

echo "<b>File Uploaded</b><p>";

@ $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "xxx", "xxx");
if (!$db) {
	echo "Error: Could not connect to the database.";
	exit;
}

// DB Insert Here //
?>

get_vars.php handles the variables, so that's covered. Anyone see anything obvious?

Thanks!