[Resolved] file not getting uploaded

ritu

i am trying to upload a file. The upload_tmp_dir in php.ini is set to /var/www/html/fp, but the file is reported to be uploaded in /tmp directory but in reality no file gets uploaded in the /tmp directory either. There gets no file named $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] uploaded in the /tmp directory.

Also, when i check $_FILES['userfile']['error'] the value comes out to be '0' implying that file has been uploaded successfully.

Also when i just try to move the uploaded file using move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'],/var/www/html/fp/) i get the following errors

Warning: Unable to create '/var/www/html/fp/': Is a directory in /var/www/html/tri11.php on line 6
Warning: Unable to move '/tmp/phpuIJP46' to '/var/www/html/fp/' in /var/www/html/tri11.php on line 6

I am just not getting what's the problem?

bretticus

Does the directory /var/www/html/fp/ even exist? If it does, are the permissions set so that whichever user's permissions PHP is running with, it can write the file to that directory (Apache should evoke PHP under the usual circumstances?)

By the way, it's clear to me that the following error message:

...Unable to move '/tmp/phpuIJP46' to ...

indicates a temp file is really being written. I'm sure it is just being erased before you can do a list.

ritu

Yes, the directory fp exists....but is empty alas!
Well, how to find under which user the php is working?? Should I change the directory permissions to "apache" ?

planetsim

Show us some code it seems your uploading a directory? probably have a / at the end of the filename maybe also is the directory permissions set to 777

ritu

Yes, the directory fp exists....but is empty alas!
Well, how to find under which user the php is working?? Should I change the directory permissions to "apache" ?

ritu

Well, I just changed the permissions of the upload directory (fp) and now everything is working fine.
Thanks for the help 🙂
A few things i learnt--
i) As soon as the script execution is complete the file which is uploaded in the /tmp directory is deleted. That's why when I was looking for it in the /tmp,there was no trace of any file.

ii)The upload directory shud have permissions 777 (atleast it worked in my case).

iii)Either device a file naming mechanism for the uploaded files or use their original file names by concatenating
"uplaod_dir".$_FILES['userfile']['name'] (also check for existing filenames)