[RESOLVED] uploader.php

Pro-eve

Hi all, I am very new to php. and I am haveing issuse in makeing an upload.php page. i have a upload.php file and a form to upload from but when I am testing it I get the page cant be found error. can some one help me with this and maybe walk me throu this so I can get it setup and learn what errors i am making please..

bodzan

...much more specific if you want us to help you and some code to look at would be nice as well...

By specific I mean: I get this and this error when I a) try to acces my form page b) post my form c) when my form tries to redirect to thank you page...

As you can see we can imagine a lot of issues that you might have encountered so please be more descriptive in your presentation of a problem...

bogu

I think his problem is the action of his form ...

Pro-eve

ok, I will post my code tonight, but you can try a run throu bu going to,

http://www.experttyping.com/Upload.html

if you try to upload a file you will see the error.

Pro-eve

ok, here is my code I am useing to learn this with,

the form code,

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST">
<p align="center">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />Choose a file to
upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" />  <input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
<br />
</form>

and the server side code.

<? php

//where the file is going to be placed
$target_path = "uploads/";

/Add the original filename to our path. Result is
"uploads/file.extension"/
$target_path = $target_path . basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);

//This is how we will get the temporay file...
$_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'];

$target_path = "uploads/";

$target_path = target_path . basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);

if(move_uploaded_file($FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
echo "The file". basename($FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been uploaded";
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!",
?>

any help would be great,

Pro-eve.

bodzan

...that the uploader.php file is not found where you directed the code to look for it...

In your case it's not in the same directory as the Upload.html...

If, for instance, the uploader.php file is located in root/php folder (where root is where Upload.html is), then in action attribute of the form tag you should put "php/upload.php"...

Pro-eve

Both these file are not in a folder by them selfs there are just in the root. with a receiving folder called uploads, I tried putting both files into the same folder be them self and I get the same error.

TenFold

well its not finding uploader.php, so make one with that php code in it, then it will work. check out my uploader --> http://tenfold.ath.cx:8000/upload/
oh, and the MAX_FILE_SIZE attribute in the form is REALLY REALLY bad to use because hackers can use javascript to hack values on forms, and they could upload alot of very big files if they wanted. So take that out of your form and make a part in your php that checks the filesize() of the upload

Pro-eve

well guy, can some one give me a step by step on how to get this to work,, cuss it still does not work. i am at a lost. I am sure it is some thing that is being over looked but ,

TenFold

i dont know where you stored your uploader.php, but it has to be in the same folder as your Upload.html file..

Pro-eve

ok lets see if I can draw a clear photo for every one who as tried to help, and I thank you all for the help.

My uploader.php is in the same place as my Upload.html file is, in this same root is a folder called upload. I have tried putting in the whole adderss into the auction handler and ever thing. is there any thing wrong with the code? does it all have to be in a serten folder/root some were? can some one give me a walk throu please you know like place your .php in this spot at blank and place this file here and this folder there. as I said, this is my frist timie playing with php.

Thank you for all the help so far, but my issues is not fixed.

bodzan

Case 1.
Let's say your Upload.html is in root of your web server...
Also, let's say that your uploader.php file is in folder upload in your root folder...

In this case you have a structure like this:

/root/
  | - Upload.html
  | - /upload/
         | - uploader.php

O.K? This means that uploader.php is in one level below Upload.html or that Upload.html is one level up from the uploader.php... Clear?

So, if this is the case and the form is in Upload.html in it's action you have to enter "upload/uploader.php" for it to be found...

Case 2.
Let's say your Upload.html is in root of your web server and so is your uploader.php...

In this case you have a structure like this:

/root/
  | - Upload.html
  | - uploader.php

O.K? This means that uploader.php is in the same level as Upload.html... Clear?

So, if this is the case and the form is in Upload.html in it's action you have to enter "uploader.php" for it to be found...

Case 3.
Let's say your Upload.html is in folder docs of your web server root...
Also, let's say that your uploader.php file is in your root folder...

In this case you have a structure like this:

/root/
  | - uploader.php
  | - /docs/
        | - Upload.html

O.K? This means that uploader.php in one level up from the Upload.html or that Upload.html is one level below the uploader.php... Clear?

So, if this is the case and the form is in Upload.html in it's action you have to enter "../uploader.php" for it to be found...

Case 4.
Let's say your Upload.html is in folder named docs in the web server root...
Also, let's say that your uploader.php file is in folder upload in your root folder...

In this case you have a structure like this:

/root/
  | - /docs/
         | - Upload.html
  | - /upload/
         | - uploader.php

O.K? This means that uploader.php in in the same level from the root as is Upload.html but are in different folders... Clear?

So, if this is the case and the form is in Upload.html in it's action you have to enter "../upload/uploader.php" for it to be found...

So you have here what I believe are the simplest situations that you can encounter but the principle is the same if you have more that one folder in the path... Linking I used here is called RELATIVE linking because it links two pages using the relative paths between them so it stays the same no matter where they are...

Is this anyway helpfull?

Pro-eve

This I understand clearly, the issues is that even thro I have the files in the right place and the auction in the form pointing to it, it is still not finding the .php file for some odd reason. this is why i am stating to question the coding now.

Pro-eve

Ok, i was having server side issues got that fixed now I have a new thing going on

this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home2/www/experttyping/uploader.php on line 4

Pro-eve

i think i found it

bodzan

I'm curious... 🙂

Pro-eve

some binary coding was in the wronge place or some thing like that.