File uploads in PHP

Problems testing the script in a local PHP installation under Windows

[Scooter24]

I'm creating a photo contest script where people can submit entries through a form. The PHP script works on my server.

I want to be able to test it locally on my computer. I have Apache HTTP Server 2.0.48, PHP 4.3.4 and MySql installed and they work fine with all other PHP scripts I have. But I'm unable to "upload" locally in my computer.

The code would be the following: (an excerpt)

$name = $HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name']; echo "name = $name <br>\n";
$name = $HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']; echo "Temp_name = $name <br>\n";
$name = $HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['type']; echo "Type = $name <br>\n";
$name = $HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['size']; echo "Size = $name <br>\n";

if (!is_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'])) {
$error = "You did not upload a file!<br>\n";
echo $error;
unlink ($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']);
} else {
echo "Upload was successful<br>\n";
$locfile = "/www/htdocs/v054673/Contest/".$HTPP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name'];
copy($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $locfile);
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in the browser window I get this:

Name = 19 Cathedral - Dom.jpg
Temp_Name = C:\Website\root\tmp\phpD14.tmp
Type = image/jpeg
Size = 102420
Upload was successful

Picture upload successful!

You uploaded this image:
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amd the relevant settings in php.ini are:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; File Uploads ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; Whether to allow HTTP file uploads.
file_uploads = On

; Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default if not
; specified).
upload_tmp_dir = C:\Website\root\tmp

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 2M
---------------------------------------------------

where C:\Website\root is the root directory where I keep the local copy of my site.

Now the problem is that when I upload nothing is stored in C:\Website\root\tmp

What can I do?

[justageek]

This file will go away as soon as the script is done:

C:\Website\root\tmp\phpD14.tmp

so you should not see the file there ever.

Did the file copy to:

"/www/htdocs/v054673/Contest/".$HTPP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name'];

If it did then everything worked as it should. If it did not copy then try a full path name and change the spelling error on '$HTPP_POST_FILES' to '$HTTP_POST_FILES' if it's that way in the code.

Something like this:

"c:/www/htdocs/v054673/Contest/".$HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name'];

JAG

[Scooter24]

Hi,

I'm impressed. You spotted all errors and it works now.

The only thing is that the line

$locfile = "/www/htdocs/v054673/Contest/".$HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name'];

needs to be changed to

$locfile = "C:\\Website\\root\\Contest".$HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name'];

i.e. the character "\" escaped. Basically the PHP script here uses the Windows director naming convention.