Copy - 0 bytes resulting upload

[Anon]

I'm trying to get an image fule upload script with the following:

$dest= "/home/httpd/vhtdocs/iain/mill8/newsmedia/";

print "$userfile_name";
print"$userfile_type";

copy ($userfile , "$dest/$userfile_name");

• the file is being written to the folder and no errors are being thrown up- but it is always 0 bytes big.

I've looked through the forums and php.net help but can't find any solutions.

The files themselves are definatly bigger than 0k.

Here's the form:

print( " <FORM ENCTYPE=\"multipart/form-data\" ACTION=\"imageadmin.php?action=upload\" METHOD=\"POST\" class = \"newshead\">\n" );
print("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"MAX_FILE_SIZE\" value=\"200000\">");
print( "Send this file:<br> <br><INPUT NAME=\"userfile\" TYPE=\"file\">\n<br><br><br>" );
print( "<INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Send File\">\n" );
print( "</FORM>\n" );

Any help much appreciated-

Iain.

[cheald]

try using move_uploaded_file() instead of copy. Also, make sure your directory is CHMODed correctly.

[Anon]

I had the same problem. I spent days trying to figure it out, and as usual, it was something dumb. The distribution of Linux I am using sets up partitions for different directories. For example, my tmp directory is in its own partition, which limits it total size to the size of the partition. In my case, 110 MB. I don't know why there is anything in there, but it is full. Now, as you probably know, the tmp directory is where files are uploaded to, before the script moves them to the final destination. If the partition is full, then it creates the file, but with 0 bytes.