copy function only copies not all file information

phpjaco

i have never had this problem before I use the copy function to copy file


   copy($_FILES['download']['tmp_name'],'../webcasts/'.$_FILES['download']['name'])

however when it moves the files from the temp name to the webcasts it only copies not the whole file, i also have a htaccess file

[php
php_value upload_max_filesize 10M
php_value max_execution_time 900

[/code]

what could be the problem? for example we copy a 6.5 meg file but it only uploads about 4 meg?

MarkR

So the file is being truncated?

What messages do you get on the error log when this happens? I assume you have error_reporting(E_ALL).

Try moving the file instead of copying it- perhaps you could use move_uploaded_file.

Mark

wilku

Look at some error codes reported by $_FILES['download']['error']
http://pl.php.net/manual/pl/features.file-upload.errors.php

phpjaco

should i change my code rather to this:


   if (copy($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'mydirectory/'.$_FILES['file']['name'])) {
     echo 'success';
  } else echo $_FILES['file']['error'];

also why use move_uploaded_file, why is this better than copy? I have been using copy for years and not had a problem with it so far?

ClarkF1

phpjaco wrote:
also why use move_uploaded_file, why is this better than copy?

From php.net:

This function checks to ensure that the file designated by filename is a valid upload file (meaning that it was uploaded via PHP's HTTP POST upload mechanism)

wilku

Just echo the error part before you try to move the file and see if it's problem with uploading (looks like partially uploaded file). HTTP wasn't designed to transfer large quantities of data - ftp was.

phpjaco

is there away to use php to ftp?

Weedpacket

Yes, using the [man]ftp[/man] functions. Funny, that.

phpjaco

why is the description in russian, by the looks of it anyway.

ClarkF1

you haven't posted the description so we can't tell

Weedpacket

phpjaco wrote:
why is the description in russian, by the looks of it anyway.

Possibly because it's been so long since you visited the PHP manual site that your language preference cookie expired, and it thought you were visiting from Russia.

Try using the dropdown on that page that allows you to select a different language. (Even if you can't read the labels it shouldn't be too hard to find a dropdown that lists a lot of languages.)