I am trying to create a basic upload form for images or files. I have nearly cracked it I just need to get the actual file to be copied to the folder and it wont upload. Here is my code so far.

------------------------------- upload1.php ---------------------------------------------
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="upload2.php">
Upload picture: <input name="img1" type="file">
<input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload file">
</form>
</body>
</html>

-------------------- upload2.php---------------------------
<?
// Upload file or image
$random_number = rand(1, 999999999);
$FILES['img1'] = $random_number . ".jpeg";
@copy($FILES['img1'], "/var/www/html/testimages/". $FILES['img1']. "") or $log .= "Couldn't copy image to server<br>";
?>
<html>
</head>
<body>
<img src="<? echo $FILES['img1']; ?>" width="260" height="150" border="0">
<p>file uploaded....</p>
</body>
</html>

    You need enctype="multipart/form-data" within your form tag, and a hidden input of MAX_FILE_SIZE set to a large number. so your form would look like:

    <form method="post" action="upload2.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10000000">
Upload picture: <input name="img1" type="file">
<input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload file">
</form>

    Also, use the move_uploaded_file() function:

    if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["img1"]["tmp_name"], "/var/www/html/testimages/" .  $random_number . ".jpeg")) {
} else {
  $log .= "Couldn't copy image to server<br>";
}

    You need to use the temporary filename for the file that has been uploaded, and not the filename it was originally called. The file gets uploaded to a temporary area first, so PHP needs to know what the temporary filename is to move it.

      Thats great, thank you very much. I never realised you could upload images this way.

      Now I have the basics I can extend on the code to:-

      1) Check the file type
      2) Check if the file exists
      3) Upload the image
      4) Display the image once

      5) Send an email
      6) Upload to image name to mysql

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