[Resolved] writing file to server from database?

stephdumais

Hi, I'm currently working on a basic website creation script where I want an index file created automaticaly within each new folder created.
My attempts at using copy() were foiled by safe-mode restrictions on my account but after some research, I discovered this could be circumvented with the use of move_uploaded_file() instead.
Now I'd like to figure out how I could use this to copy an existing "index.php" file on the server to the newly created directories.

But can I use move_uploaded_file() if the file is already on the server? If it needs to be an uploaded file, would uploading it once allow me to copy it anytime afterwards?

I figured an even better solution could be to store the index file as a blob in my MySQL db and have the script write that file to the newly created dirs. Is this feasible (especialy with the safe-mode restrictions) ?

Any tips or examples would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
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Nate

I wouldnt trouble yourself storing them in mysql blobs. just a lot of extra work. take a look here, might help: http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.rename.php

dont be fooled by the function name, it should do what you need.

stephdumais

Thanks for the suggestion but I'm having the same permission/ownership problem I had with copy().

Apparently move_uploaded_file bypasses this but I'm not sure how to use it.

Any suggestions?

Nate

What is the exact error? Maybe it is just a directory permission error and all you need to do is chmod 777 the directory you want to move the file to? Try that.

stephdumais

I couldnt change the permission via the script on account of the owner being different than from the executing script.

However, I did finally figure it out. I used the following line and it works great!

ftp_put($conn_id, $newindexfile,$indexfile, FTP_ASCII)

Since I had no choice but to use the FTP functions for creating the directory in the first place, an FTP function was the answer for copying my index file into the newly created directory.

I can finally move on to the next step...file uploads (gulp!)

thanks