Extremely Odd Problem

steviedifranco

I'm having a pretty wacky problem on one of my websites that I built, and I don't know if it is a PHP problem or a filesystem problem.

I built a custom shopping cart for a client with a custom back-end program so he could update the products on his site. This is the 6th or 7th site like it I've built, and this is the only one having problems.

For absolutely no apparent reason, at completely random times, the main photo for a random product will completely disappear. I don't see anywhere in the code where something like that could happen.

The photos are added by a script, does anyone know if that could be causing this type of problem? Does anyone know if there is a way to CHMOD a file that is being added by a script?

bpat1434

CHMOD should not cause a problem. I've seen that problem, and it's not PHP I think. It's the style or code around it. It's hard to pinpoint.

If it were CHMOD issues, the same photo would keep disappearing. If it was a code issue, the same area would have the problem. If it was a CSS problem, everything with that "class" or "id" would mess up.

steviedifranco

You mean there is a problem with the code in my PHP script? Like adding the photo? The thing is...the photo adds just fine. It appears just fine on the site. Then its totally gone. The script is the same for all of the products, and the style is the same...I know it can't be the style because the file is actually missing from the file structure.

You said you've seen this problem before. Do you remember where? Was it on another forum?

Anyone else know of anything?

bpat1434

No, i can't remember where, but it happens frequently on many sites. Not a lot you can do about it from what I remember. It's just a fluke in the web browser.