can PHP upload outside websever folder?

[kalhusoru]

I'm building a photo database on the intranet with PHP and MsAccess database. I've complete the application with http upload. All works fine untill i found out that upload works only in webserver folder. Which means the files cannot be uploaded into another drive on my web hosting computer.

The problem is the hard-disk size of my webserver partition will not be enough for the photos in the future. Anyone have a solution to this? I want a php script that can upload files to differen partitions of my hard-disk and possibly into diffrent network storage folders.

Hope to hear from some one soon. Thanks

[MarkR]

kalhusoru wrote:

I'm building a photo database on the intranet with PHP and MsAccess database.

MSAccess is not suitable for use in a production web application. Your server will fail if you use it.

I've complete the application with http upload. All works fine untill i found out that upload works only in webserver folder. Which means the files cannot be uploaded into another drive on my web hosting computer.

No, you can upload anywhere you like. When you upload a file, PHP puts it in a temporary directory by default, you can then use move_uploaded_file to put it where you want.

Except for OS permissions, and any restrictions such as safe_mode or open_basedir, you can upload a file anywhere.

want a php script that can upload files to differen partitions of my hard-disk and possibly into diffrent network storage folders.

It is trivial to upload things into whichever directory you want. Just make sure it's configurable so that you can deploy correctly from your development to your production server.

Mark