Uploading, moving and copying files

[ChetUbetcha]

I can upload files with no problem. I would like to get the file to upload to the MySQL DB and another file folder. I guess that would be MOVE_UPLOADED_FILE or COPY. I can't figure out how to code either, because I am an idiot. I have been looking for examples all over the place and can find snippets here and there - never a whole page/tutorial.

On the update form, I have another issue (http://phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10339738) that I am hoping to remedy soon (with someone's help from here 🙂 ). BUT, along with the update need, I would like to have the current file (if the filename is the same) be renamed to another file with something like ARCHIVED FILE 1, copied to the MySQL DB AND folder as a repository/archive for version control. I guess that would have to check if there is another file with ARCHIVED FILE 1 and increment the number by 1.

Any takers?

[dalecosp]

Ouch, that's a lot of redundancy of data. Maybe that's good, I dunno.

A lot of people have the wrong idea about [man]move_uploaded_file[/man]: this is used as part of the upload process itself, not to move a file post upload. PHP places the file in a temp directory during the process of the upload, and then must move the file to another location on the filesystem when the upload is complete. At this point, the upload is considered succesful. That's what [man]move_uploaded_file[/man] is for. For example, if the web server/daemon doesn't have permissions to write to the actual location where you want the file to reside (permanently?), then [man]move_uploaded_file[/man] will fail, and your script should tell the user of the failure.

To actually copy the file to a second location after upload, you would need [man]copy[/man], as you note above.

As for storing the data in a DB, you can do that,also, but... Are you sure you want to?