[RESOLVED] move_uploaded_file

[justins]

I'm uploading a file with a form and then saving it to the server. This works fine if I want to save it within the directory / a sub-directory of the one where the form is, like this:

if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "application/pdf"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 80000))
  {
  if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
    {
    echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
    }
  else
    {
    echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
    echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
    echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
    echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
  {
  echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
  }
else
  {
  move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
  "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
  echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
  }
}
  }
else
  {
  echo "Invalid file";
  }

but if I try to move the temp file to a directory that is below the one the form is in, like this:

if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "application/pdf"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 80000))
  {
  if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
    {
    echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
    }
  else
    {
    echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
    echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
    echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
    echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

if (file_exists("../baseupload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
  {
  echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
  }
else
  {
  move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
  "../baseupload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
  echo "Stored in: " . "../baseupload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
  }
}
  }
else
  {
  echo "Invalid file";
  }

it doesn't save the file.

Where am I going wrong?

[bradgrafelman]

Do you have error_reporting set to E_ALL (or better) and either display_errors or log_errors set to On? If PHP can't move the file, it should be emitting an error message giving clues as to what the problem is.

For example, does the process under which the above script is being executed have write permissions on the 'baseupload' directory?

[justins]

Thanks for reminding me about the error log. Looking at this showed me that it was a problem with the php.ini file on the server, which I have now resolved.