[RESOLVED] saving a file

[NoBullMan]

Hi,
I have a form that I use to insert info about items into a database. One of the fields is the item's image.
I have a field of type 'File" where I can browse to the location of the image and select it. When I submit the form, it only gets the file-name part, not the path. I realize that the path on the local machine means nothing to the script running on the server.
How can I modify the form or the script so that once the user selects a file name, I can copy it to a location on the server so the script can access it later?

TIA.

[laserlight]

How can I modify the form or the script so that once the user selects a file name, I can copy it to a location on the server so the script can access it later?

If you can get the filename through $_FILES[<foo>]['name'], then copy it. As far as I know, you simply will not be given the full path on the clientside.

[NoBullMan]

Thanks for the info.
I tried it in a test file and it seems to work except that after uploading is done, I don't see the file in the firectory I have specified. It is stored in the temp directory.
Since this is a site hosted by an outside hosting company, I cannot modify the php.ini file, as directed in the php manual. This is what I have and the output:

<form action="test_upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p>Pictures:
<input type="file" name="pictures" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</p>
</form>

test_upload.php:

$uploaddir = '/home/mydomain/www/demo/images/uploads';
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['pictures']['name']);

echo '<pre>';
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['pictures']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
   echo "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.\n";
}

echo 'Here is some more debugging info:';
print_r($_FILES);

print "</pre>";
?>

Output:

File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.
Here is some more debugging info:Array
(
[pictures] => Array
(
[name] => bg_blue.jpg
[type] => image/jpeg
[tmp_name] => /tmp/phpc7nOLo
[error] => 0
[size] => 14772
)

)