php upload script issue

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Hi Guys,

I got this simple php upload script which works fine.

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST">
    <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="512000" />
    Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" />
    <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form>

<?php

$uploaddir = '/var/www/uploads/';
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);

echo "<p>";

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
  echo "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.\n";
} else {
   echo "Upload failed";
}

echo "</p>";
echo '<pre>';
echo 'Here is some more debugging info:';
print_r($_FILES);
print "</pre>";

?> 

i want the upload directory to by passed by URL var and set $uploaddir, i can pass it but when i change the $uploaddir it says upload failed.

any ideas?

Thanks

[NogDog]

Is the upload directory writable by the web server account under which your PHP script is executed?

[-www-]

i've made it 777 using ftp.

can it be done through the script itself, so i can make sure its not a permission problem..

Thanks 🙂

[NogDog]

Try turning on all error messages, and it should tell you if it's a permission problem:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1); // change to 0 for production version
error_reporting(E_ALL);
/* rest of script... */
?>

Or if you want to directly check it in the script:

if( ! is_writable($uploaddir))
{
   echo "It's not writable.";
}

[-www-]

thanks NogDog, ill check 🙂