| script running locally, how to upload a file
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wheel
msg:3866546 | 6:59 pm on Mar 9, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I have a script that runs on my webserver that takes a file for input, along with some other data. It crunches some numbers, then emails an output file. I want to automate this with a large number of input files and run it locally. How do I pass an input file as a variable from a shell script? i.e. on my regular web page I have a standard html input form where I can browse/upload the file that then pulls that file up when I hit submit - how do I reference that on a shell script? I know for the other variables I can just do this as my script line:
[192.168.0.1...]
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dmorison
msg:3868189 | 5:36 pm on Mar 11, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I think you'll need to handle it completely differently - as the browser upload mechanism is a very specific part of the HTTP protocol. Shouldn't be that difficult however, I'd only envisage changing from: [192.168.0.1...] to: [192.168.0.1...] ...and then the script - if you wanted to maintain the ability to upload files via the browser; would just check for the presence of $_GET["filename"] in preference to using the uploaded file; for example:
$var1 = $_GET["var1"];
$var2 = $_GET["var2"];
if (isset($_GET["filename"]))
{
$filename = $_GET["filename"];
}
elseif($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'])
{
$filename = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
}
else
{
print "Nothing to do!";exit();
}
// process $var1,$var2,$filename here
(where 'userfile' is the name of the file field in the HTML form)
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wheel
msg:3868783 | 1:16 pm on Mar 12, 2009 (gmt 0) |
thanks! I think that's a good idea.
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coopster
msg:3868823 | 2:13 pm on Mar 12, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Don't forget that PHP can accept command line values as well.
if (isset($_SERVER['argv'])) {
unset($_SERVER['argv'][0]); // contains <file>, as in -f switch
$argv = array_values($_SERVER['argv']);
if (empty($argv)) {
print "Usage: php -f <file> [OPTIONS] <value1 [value2 [...]]>\n\n";
// document command line values here
return false;
}
// process command line request
}
Using PHP from the command line [php.net]
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