[RESOLVED] Problem with fopen

daltman1967

I have a small bit of PHP code that I want to use to send an email with attachments.


$files = array("C:\\file1.jpg","C:\\file2.jpg");

// boundary 
$semi_rand = md5(time()); 
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x"; 

// headers for attachment 
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\""; 

// multipart boundary 
$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . $message . "\n\n"; 
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";

// preparing attachments
for($x=0;$x<count($files);$x++)
  {
	$file = fopen($files[$x],"rb");
	$data = fread($file,filesize($files[$x]));
	fclose($file);
	$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
	$message .= "Content-Type: {\"application/octet-stream\"};\n" . " name=\"$files[$x]\"\n" . 
	"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . " filename=\"$files[$x]\"\n" . 
	"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . $data . "\n\n";
	$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";
  }

// send

//$ok = @mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers); 
if ($ok)
  { 
	echo "<p>mail sent to $to!</p>"; 
  }
else
  { 
	echo "<p>mail could not be sent!</p>"; 
  }

I'm continuously getting a "[function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in..." error, even though the path and filename are correct. What the heck am I missing?

bradgrafelman

First, note that you could reduce the file reading code slightly by simply using [man]file_get_contents/man.

Second... PHP doesn't have bad days and decide to lie instead of working correctly. :p If PHP says that there is "no such file or directory," then I'd say your problem is that there is no such file or directory.

Can you post the full, unedited PHP error message you're getting?

daltman1967

Warning: fopen(C:\file1.jpg) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\Hosting\7295189\html\Scripts\mail.php on line 38

and 38 is:
$file = fopen($files[$x],"rb");
$files refers back to:
$files = array("C:\file1.jpg","C:\file2.jpg");

I have verified that both files - file1.jpg and file2.jpg do indeed exist, are named exactly as listed, and capitalized exactly as listed. They're on MY C:\ drive locally.

However....

.PHP insists they're not there.

Any ideas?

bradgrafelman

Er.. Well there's your problem; how do you expect PHP to access files in your hard drive?

daltman1967

Well, according to the php manual online, the fopen SHOULD be able to access my local file. Yes, I know PHP is client side; but when you do a move_uploaded_file it works, accessing local directories after you've browsed for the file. I don't see any reason why fopen should be any different.

Now. That being said, if you've got a way for me to (using javascript?? or whatever), copy the local file to the server, and THEN use the FOPEN, well, then I'd appreciate an example code.

johanafm

No, PHP is serverside, as opposed to javascript which is client side, assuming you are browsing pages through a webserver anyway.

No, move_uploaded_file does not move things from YOUR computer. It moves a file (allready uploaded from your computer to the server) from the upload directory, which can be expected to be a temporary location on the server to a non-temporary location.

Javascript doesn't have file access to your computer for security reasons.

Do the file upload as you usually do using an html form, then perform whatever file operations are necessary on the server.

daltman1967

I meant server side. My brain dislexic today is.

So... how would I go about moving the file from my computer to the server, using php / javascript, so that I could use this script? I want it to be automated; I know how to do the upload bit, but I want to avoid that.

bradgrafelman

You can't.

Think about it... if there was some way you could automatically upload a certain file from the user's computer, what would stop you from stealing their private documents from all over their hard drive?

daltman1967

I don't like the phrase "I can't." Let's look at this from a different angle.

If I specify

"http:/www.mysite.com/file.jpg"

instead of

"c:\file.jpg"

when I create the file (I have full read/write/access permissions already set), will this put this on my server? If so, I'm assuming that the fopen would then be written to point to the server, and would then be able to open the file, right?

bradgrafelman

daltman1967 wrote:
will this put this on my server

Probably not, no, because PHP would be attempting to write a file across the "http://" protocol.

daltman1967

So, PHP can CREATE a file on my local hard drive (client side) even though it's a server-side language, but can't create the same file on the server nor copy a file from my local drive to the server?

This seems strange; I mean, if I can create the file locally, I should be able to either create it on the server side or else copy it on the server side, without having to resort to a manual browse/upload scheme.

bradgrafelman

daltman1967 wrote:
So, PHP can CREATE a file on my local hard drive (client side)

No, it definitely can not.

daltman1967

Actually, yes it can (at least, through an active-x type component). I'm using a script called SnapsIE, which takes a screen shot of your window - and then saves it to a file. The filename is specified by user input. Upon running the info from the form, the PHP script interfaces with the .DLL and voila! A file on your local drive.

I haven't tried it with the web address yet, but...

bradgrafelman

daltman1967 wrote:
(at least, through an active-x type component).

Heh, good luck getting that to run in any browser on any of my personal computers (some of which you won't even find Windows on, let alone that horrible thing they call Internet Explorer).

daltman1967 wrote:
the PHP script interfaces with the .DLL

On the client computer? Again, that's impossible, since PHP is running on the server.

daltman1967

Each person who uses this part of the script (there's only two or three) must register the .DLL with regsvr32. It then works under IE just fine. I haven't tried it with Firefox yet, but I don't need to.

This particular script is for the admin of the site only, and isn't even seen by the user.

I came here looking for help. So far, all I've gotten is criticism and an attitude. So once again, I ask the same question. I either need to create the file on the server side, or else copy it from client side to server side. How??