[RESOLVED] Really need help with this.

accurax

Ive just sorted the hosting out for my new site, and uploaded it throughout the day... sorting the database out and crushing errors with my mighty notepad.

All was going well untill i came to test my image upload facility.

6 hours and 12 phonecalls to www.fasthosts.co.uk technical support.... and i'm ready to seriously hurt the next poor s.o.b who looks at me funny 😉

I have been told ....... "we dont have a tmp directory for php uploads" ........ "I cant help we dont support scripting and its not our fault your codes wrong" and my favorite ... "whats php?"

I'm pretty sure its a configuration error, and i think i need to find the tmp directory that the image is uploaded to before i move it.

Ok, guys i need help;

I've even tried creating my own tmp file..... but that didnt work (not that i thought it would)

heres my script ;

<?php
session_start();
include("../private.inc");


if ( $_SESSION['login'] != "true" )
	{
		header("location: ../registration.php");
	}
else
	{
		$connection=mysql_connect($host, $user, $passwd)
		or die ("Could not connect !");
		$db = mysql_select_db($database, $connection)
		or die ("Could not connect to Database");


//Process the large size image ****************
$username = $_SESSION['username'];

   if (($_FILES['filename']['type']!="image/jpeg") && ($_FILES['filename']['type']!="image/pjpeg") && ($_FILES['filename']['type']!="image/gif")) {

  echo "Sorry you must upload only files of the type .jpg .jpeg or .gif, Click <a href='../picturemanager.php'>Here</a> to try again";

   } else {
      $connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $passwd) or die ("Could not connect !");
      $db = mysql_select_db($database, $connection) or die ("Could not connect to Database");
      $query = "SELECT picture1 FROM pictures WHERE user_name='$username'";
      $exist = mysql_query($query) or die ("could not Select Picture.");

  preg_match('/\.\w{3,4}$/', $_FILES['filename']['name'], $matches);
  $new_filename = $_SESSION['username']."1".$matches[0];

  $filepath = "member_pics/full_size/".$new_filename;

if (file_exists($filepath)) {
      unlink("member_pics/full_size/".$new_filename);
  }

  $source = "member_pics/full_size/".$new_filename;
  move_uploaded_file($_FILES['filename']['name'], $source); // move the file

  $query = "UPDATE pictures SET picture1 = '$filepath' WHERE user_name='{$_SESSION['username']}'";
  $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("could not add picture.");
}
}

You shuld be able to see what this scripts trying (and failing) to do..... upload the file... move it to the directory i want to keep it in, check the file doesnt allready exist, delete if it does, and insert the path in my database.

Can anyone help me with this, im going mad .... or , has anyone got experiance of this problem with Fasthosts, that can shed some light?

I really appreciate any assistance or advice on this

thanks in advance.

accurax

Btw... heres a script that they "tell me" works perfectly....... struggling to see why tbh

<?

// Where the file is going to be placed 
$target_path = "\\IIS686\domains\a\adproperties.co.uk\user\htdocs\phpupload";
/* Add the original filename to our target path. Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); 

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

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    header( "Location: http://www.adproperties.co.uk/");
} else{
    header( "Location: http://www.adproperties.co.uk/");
} 

?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Upload status</title>
<body bgcolor="A9A9A9">
</body>
</head>
</html>

bubblenut

Your code

/* ... */
move_uploaded_file( $_FILES['filename']['name'], $source);
/* ... */

Their code

/* ... */
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path);
/* ... */

accurax

doesnt help t all... allthough thanks for trying.

anybody else got any idea's?

dalecosp

Did you fix your code per Bubblenut's suggestion???

And, no, it's not me that's looking at you funny. Note that the $FILES array is built into PHP, and the names aren't arbitrary, they're predefined.

scrupul0us

you could always define a tmp directory using ini_set() if im not mistaken

dalecosp

Yeah, he could do that. But, until he fixes the error that Bubblenut made obvious, it won't do him any good.

I imagine he's cross-eyed tired from fighting with the issue. Point is, you can't move a file that doesn't exist....

accurax

The names are predefined???

Bugger

Will try now

accurax

ok, ive changed the submission form and all my $_FILES[''] variables to reflect the predefined parameters of ['uploadedfile'] and ['tmp_name']

Feels like im getting somewhere,

Am i also going to need to define a tmp directory?

Any idea's where to put it or what to call it based on the code?

Going to look into ini_set() now

Edit; dont see how ini_set() could help..... man i hate being confused.... sorry for the trouble guys

accurax

bah... i knew it wasnt my script

dang font line technical support makes me want to cry.

Finally got to speak to a proper technical guy.... and he informs me that i must use absolute paths to the server in order to move any uploaded files.

the path im using now is 2 lines long.... but it works

question resolved... thankyou chaps

dalecosp

Clarification: "tmp_name" is predefined; "userfile" or "uploadedfile" or "myfile" doesn't matter. Point was, if you call:

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['fooname']['name']);

instead of:

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['fooname']['tmp_name'])

then you are attempting to move a file that doesn't exist yet, because it is located in the "temporary" directory (which can be defined by you) with the name $tmp_name (which is not defined by you, but given by PHP at the time of the upload). [man]move_uploaded_file/man is responsible for moving this file to $yourpath with $yourname (or the original $name), and if you call it wrong, it fails as one would expect.