PHP Not Uploading

compuguru

For some reason, PHP is not uploading my files. It is not even in the temp directory. I am running AppServ on my local machine.

Here's the form

<form method=' post' action=' http://localhost/spcatv/includes/process.php?sid=93667b128fa9a6882844a8ce712e66e3&debug=set'  enctype='multipart/form-data' onSubmit='submitonce(this)'>
<b>Name:</b><input type='text' name='name' length='50' value='Test 13'>

<select name='new_order'>
                        <option value='1'>1</option>
                        <option value='2'>2</option>
 </select>

<b>Description:</b>
<textarea cols='50' rows='15' name='description'  wrap='virtual' >Test 13</textarea>

Upload a new file:
<input type="hidden" name='MAX_FILE_SIZE' value='55000'><input type='file' name='file'> <input type='Submit' name='upload_file' value='Upload File'>

<input type='Submit' name='final_submit' value='Submit'>

  </Form>

There are two submits, one for uploading the files, and one that uploads the files if necessary.

In process .php, I print out $FILES['file']['tmp_name'] which returns something like C:\AppServ\www\temp\phpA3.tmp, like it should. However, the file is not created. I have the script die right after printing out $FILES['file']['tmp_name'] which comes right after my include statments, that do nothing with the file.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot?

drew010

php should delete the file after the script ends so you dont end up with a bunch of old files laying around taking up space.

you can make sure it uploaded by trying
echo file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);
before the script ends and see if it shows the contents.

compuguru

drew010 wrote:
php should delete the file after the script ends so you dont end up with a bunch of old files laying around taking up space.

Ah, that's the root of my problem. I have confirmed the file uploads, but the script that processes the form redirects to another script that processes the upload. But the later script can't find the file because it got deleted when the first script finished executing.

I guess the way to work around it is to have the first file copy the upload to a temp directory, and then give that new path to the file that processes the upload right?

halojoy

compuguru wrote:
Ah, that's the root of my problem. I have confirmed the file uploads, but the script that processes the form redirects to another script that processes the upload. But the later script can't find the file because it got deleted when the first script finished executing.

I guess the way to work around it is to have the first file copy the upload to a temp directory, and then give that new path to the file that processes the upload right?

[man]move_uploaded_file[/man]

and especially this great info:

Handling File Uploads:
[man]features.file-upload[/man]

should give you a good nice guidance to handling file upload with PHP

you can try something like this

<?php

$ftmp = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
$fname = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];

// think you should use FULL filepath
// for example  /usr/local/apache/htdocs/uploads/.$fname
$newfile = "/drive/mypath/folder/" . $fname;

move_uploaded_file( $ftmp, $newfile );
echo $newfile . " was created  OKAY";

?>

farkow

problem is simple.
you are using submitonce(this) script.
add <input type='hidden' name='final_submit'>

so your script may see $_POST['final_submit'] value 😉