wierd problem with uploads...

nigen

i've searched all over the net about this problem but haven't came across a single page mentioning it. the problem is:

 i have a normal file upload code via forms to upload some images. the code worked neatly on my local server(WinXP + apache + PHP 5 beta). but when i ran it on the final server (linux+apache + PHP 4.3.11), the whole thing starts to go crazy. the temporary files  in the '/tmp' folder turn out to be of size: 0 bytes. no matter how big or small file i upload, the tmp files are always empty though the file is created.

when i 'print_r($_FILES)', there is no error and the size value is equal to that of the uploaded file. no matter what i do with the access permissions(all set to 777), the temp files refuse to be anything but empty. the 'is_uploaded_file()' func. returns FALSE and i dont understand why. safe_mode is 0 and open_basedir is NULL. i'm totally lost 😕 . i suspect it's a problem with the server config or soemthing. is it so?

any help would really, really be appreciated....

btw...there is also a problem when i try uploading files a bit larger(not much: 15kb) than the test files in the above case. when i do this $_FILES contains an error code of 3: partial upload. does this have something to do with the above problem?...

dalecosp

Well, it sure sounds like the config is different between the Win and Linux servers. And, with that in mind, most likely it's a permissions issue.

Have your tried checking with [man]is_writable/man before trying [man]move_uploaded_file/man ?

nigen

well, as i said the permissions for the folder where i write is all clear. I tried writing a dummy file and that works. So writing into the destination is file is clearly allowed. The problem is there's nothing in the temp file to copy. It simply behaves like a normal file with no contents!...

lucasrd

I would make sure the file you are uploading doesn't exceed the maximum file size PHP allows to upload. Try it with a very small image (filesize wise) and go from there.

nigen

I've tried that too. The initial files I tried uploading were just a KB each. But as i said, when I tried uploading a 15KB(definitely not bigger than the limit) file, it showed an error code of 3: partial upload. Doesn't make sense at all. And btw, when does a partial upload error show up? Onyl for bigger files isn't it so?

dalecosp

I suppose you need to show us the code. Or phpinfo() or the php.ini file from the Linux server. Otherwise I've no idea....