Re basic file upload form

**John Dunlop** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

Simon wrote:
[color=blue]
> I would like to create a very basic file upload add image form to add
> to my web site and to keep them in a "tmp" directory within my web
> hosting file manager once uploaded.
> I understand the basic html for the form and the basic php scripting
> but the fine details ie method post etc needs help also at this stage
> I dont want to involve mysql data base. were should I start.[/color]

If you've not already done so, read

PHP: Handling file uploads - Manual

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

Handling file uploads

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Jock

**Tim Van Wassenhove** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

In article <5b2fea4f.04041 61011.7d690b17@ posting.google. com>, Simon wrote:[color=blue]
> I would like to create a very basic file upload add image form to add
> to my web site and to keep them in a "tmp" directory within my web
> hosting file manager once uploaded.
> I understand the basic html for the form and the basic php scripting
> but the fine details ie method post etc needs help also at this stage
> I dont want to involve mysql data base. were should I start.[/color]

Start at the source. http://www.php.net/manual

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**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aea3 b91a1d753b89896 f1@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I would like to create a very basic file upload add image form to add
> > to my web site and to keep them in a "tmp" directory within my web
> > hosting file manager once uploaded.
> > I understand the basic html for the form and the basic php scripting
> > but the fine details ie method post etc needs help also at this stage
> > I dont want to involve mysql data base. were should I start.[/color]
>
> If you've not already done so, read
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php[/color]

thanks for your reply .
I have read the online manual you recommend Its all there I have to
say the problem is I cant get any of the scripts to work Copy paste
the scripts to my files but nothing ,I have an error log that recieves
the errors so somthing is working parse errors on various lines but I
cant de bug the script I am hosting with yahoo who provide all the
configurations but no support for the actual programing. I will study
the pages you provided . But I feel there is somthing basic missing in
my attempts.

**John Dunlop** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

Simon wrote:

[About <http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php>:]
[color=blue]
> Copy paste the scripts to my files but nothing ,I have an error log
> that recieves the errors so somthing is working parse errors on various
> lines but I cant de bug the script[/color]

Whittle down a basic file upload script to a couple of lines. Then,
if problems persist, post it here.

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Jock

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aeb5 0bc528370c99896 f4@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>
> [About <http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php>:]
>[color=green]
> > Copy paste the scripts to my files but nothing ,I have an error log
> > that recieves the errors so somthing is working parse errors on various
> > lines but I cant de bug the script[/color]
>
> Whittle down a basic file upload script to a couple of lines. Then,
> if problems persist, post it here.[/color]

will post a basic script that I am trying to use.
simon

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aeb5 0bc528370c99896 f4@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>
> [About <http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php>:]
>[color=green]
> > Copy paste the scripts to my files but nothing ,I have an error log
> > that recieves the errors so somthing is working parse errors on various
> > lines but I cant de bug the script[/color]
>
> Whittle down a basic file upload script to a couple of lines. Then,
> if problems persist, post it here.[/color]

This is the script I am trying to use for yahoo web hosting.
The first thing is does the html and php go on the same file as a .php
file or two seperate files.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
<body>
<form action="upload. php" method="post" ENCTYPE="multip art/form-data">
  Filename: <input type="text" size=40 name="filename" ><br>
  <input type="file" size=40 name="file"><br >
  <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_ SIZE" value="10000000 00">
  <input type="submit" value="                                  Upload
                                 ">
</form>
<?php
if ($file == "" || $file == "none") {
  print "You must specify a file to upload.<p><i>Yo u need a
<b>/tmp</b> directory for uploads to work.</i><p>";
}
else {
  $newfile = "/php/tmp/$filename";
  echo "Uploaded as: $newfile<br>";
  //unlink($file);
}
?>
<hr>
</body>

**John Dunlop** · Jul 17 '05, 04:50 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

Simon wrote:
[color=blue]
> The first thing is does the html and php go on the same file as a .php
> file or two seperate files.[/color]

Up to you.

[ ... ]
[color=blue]
>   Filename: <input type="text" size=40 name="filename" ><br>[/color]

What's this for? You've already got:
[color=blue]
>   <input type="file" size=40 name="file"><br >[/color]

which allows the user to select files.
[color=blue]
>   <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_ SIZE" value="10000000 00">[/color]

Mostly useless.
[color=blue]
>   <input type="submit" value="                                  Upload
>                                  ">[/color]

Browsers might ignore that leading and trailing whitespace. Got a
good reason for including it? If not, remove it.
[color=blue]
> </form>
> <?php
> if ($file == "" || $file == "none") {[/color]

You didn't copy 'n paste this from the Manual, did you?

PHP: Handling file uploads - Manual

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

Handling file uploads

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Jock

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:51 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aebc e64dc980b9d9896 f6@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>[color=green]
> > The first thing is does the html and php go on the same file as a .php
> > file or two seperate files.[/color]
>
> Up to you.
>
> [ ... ]
>[color=green]
> >   Filename: <input type="text" size=40 name="filename" ><br>[/color]
>
> What's this for? You've already got:
>[color=green]
> >   <input type="file" size=40 name="file"><br >[/color]
>
> which allows the user to select files.
>[color=green]
> >   <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_ SIZE" value="10000000 00">[/color]
>
> Mostly useless.
>[color=green]
> >   <input type="submit" value="                                  Upload
> >                                  ">[/color]
>
> Browsers might ignore that leading and trailing whitespace. Got a
> good reason for including it? If not, remove it.
>[color=green]
> > </form>
> > <?php
> > if ($file == "" || $file == "none") {[/color]
>
> You didn't copy 'n paste this from the Manual, did you?
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php[/color]

Hi Jock

im sorry about that I posted the wrong script. I hope you dont mind
helping with this Ill post the sript from the manual .

<form enctype="multip art/form-data" action="_URL_" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_ SIZE" value="30000" />
Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" />
<input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form>

<?php
// In PHP versions earlier than 4.1.0, $HTTP_POST_FILE S should be used
instead
// of $_FILES.

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

print "<pre>";
if (move_uploaded_ file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile))
{
   print "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded. ";
   print "Here's some more debugging info:\n";
   print_r($_FILES );
} else {
   print "Possible file upload attack! Here's some debugging
info:\n";
   print_r($_FILES );
}
print "</pre>";

?>

This is the script and form we can work on if you dont mind
I have tried this however nothing appears to find its way to my tmp
directory. can we wittle this down to the bare script.

1 I have checked file uploads are allowed and enabled
2 php is installed on my server yahoo web hosting
3 the html form appears and works a file is selected from the local
disc.
4 press upload and thats it .
5 nothing appears in my tmp directory.

could you script this so it is on one php file only.

Regards
Simon

**John Dunlop** · Jul 17 '05, 04:51 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

Simon wrote:

[ ... ]
[color=blue]
> 1 I have checked file uploads are allowed and enabled
> 2 php is installed on my server yahoo web hosting
> 3 the html form appears and works a file is selected from the local
> disc.
> 4 press upload and thats it .
> 5 nothing appears in my tmp directory.[/color]

Stick "error_reportin g(E_ALL);" at the start of your script.

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Jock

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:51 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aed1 9312164a9699896 f9@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
>[color=green]
> > 1 I have checked file uploads are allowed and enabled
> > 2 php is installed on my server yahoo web hosting
> > 3 the html form appears and works a file is selected from the local
> > disc.
> > 4 press upload and thats it .
> > 5 nothing appears in my tmp directory.[/color]
>
> Stick "error_reportin g(E_ALL);" at the start of your script.[/color]

Have put on start of script.

log reports
parse error line 22

print "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded. ";

I have taken the form and script exactly as it is in the manual are
there details that I should change to make it work for my web hosting
example
should I add my domain and user id passwords etc somewhere.

regards
simon

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:51 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aed1 9312164a9699896 f9@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
>[color=green]
> > 1 I have checked file uploads are allowed and enabled
> > 2 php is installed on my server yahoo web hosting
> > 3 the html form appears and works a file is selected from the local
> > disc.
> > 4 press upload and thats it .
> > 5 nothing appears in my tmp directory.[/color]
>
> Stick "error_reportin g(E_ALL);" at the start of your script.[/color]

More error reports.

[19-Apr-2004 09:01:34] PHP Warning: File Upload Error - No Mime
boundary found after start of file header in Unknown on line 0
[19-Apr-2004 09:01:34] PHP Parse error: parse error in /test.php on
line 23

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:51 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aed1 9312164a9699896 f9@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=blue]
> Simon wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
>[color=green]
> > 1 I have checked file uploads are allowed and enabled
> > 2 php is installed on my server yahoo web hosting
> > 3 the html form appears and works a file is selected from the local
> > disc.
> > 4 press upload and thats it .
> > 5 nothing appears in my tmp directory.[/color]
>
> Stick "error_reportin g(E_ALL);" at the start of your script.[/color]

[19-Apr-2004 09:05:59] PHP Warning: Max file size exceeded - file
[userfile] not saved in Unknown on line 0
[19-Apr-2004 09:05:59] PHP Parse error: parse error in /test.php on
line 23

**John Dunlop** · Jul 17 '05, 04:52 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

Simon wrote:

[Concerning the second example from "PHP: Handling file uploads -
Manual", <http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php>:]
[color=blue]
> parse error line 22
>
>
> print "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded. ";
>
> I have taken the form and script exactly as it is in the manual[/color]

Therein lies the problem. The fault is entirely the Manual's; its
inconsistent, and sometimes ignorant and clueless, style of presenting
examples caused this. I stress this is *not* your fault.

If you look closely, you'll find the first two characters of line
twenty-two aren't normal spaces but, probably, no-break spaces, which
are the cause of the parse error (at least they are in my version of
PHP). Viewing the source, one finds the offending line:

   print [ ... ]

Two solutions: either substitute normal spaces for those no-break
spaces or simply remove them. Hopefully you'll straighten out the
other errors (actually, warnings) you enumerated in this thread.

--
Jock

**Simon** · Jul 17 '05, 04:52 AM

Re: Re basic file upload form

deltacue2003@ya hoo.com (Simon) wrote in message news:<5b2fea4f. 0404190108.1a2c 56b0@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
> John Dunlop <usenet+2004@jo hn.dunlop.name> wrote in message news:<MPG.1aed1 9312164a9699896 f9@News.Individ ual.NET>...[color=green]
> > Simon wrote:
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >[color=darkred]
> > > 1 I have checked file uploads are allowed and enabled
> > > 2 php is installed on my server yahoo web hosting
> > > 3 the html form appears and works a file is selected from the local
> > > disc.
> > > 4 press upload and thats it .
> > > 5 nothing appears in my tmp directory.[/color]
> >
> > Stick "error_reportin g(E_ALL);" at the start of your script.[/color]
>
>
>
> [19-Apr-2004 09:05:59] PHP Warning: Max file size exceeded - file
> [userfile] not saved in Unknown on line 0
> [19-Apr-2004 09:05:59] PHP Parse error: parse error in /test.php on
> line 23[/color]

John

Success I have found a upload form that works although it requires
some work but the basics are there wich is what I am looking for. Ill
post it in a day or so for you to see. and maybe we can take it from
there.

many thanks for your help.
simon

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