PHP uploaded files not visible in FTP?

Files uploaded in php will not show up in ftp

[sammy_s_a_m]

I'm having trouble with php uploaded pictures not showing up in ftp (they are invisible). But through http they are obviously there.

How do I fix this problem so I can see them in ftp?

Cheers

[PHP_Chimp]

How are you uploading the file? What I mean is are you loading them into a temp directory then moving them (as per the example [uk3.php.net] in the manual). If so are you sure that you are looking the correct place (not to be rude, just getting the obvious out of the way)?

Are you sure that your ftp is getting the updated information from the server, not a cached response (again getting the obvious out of the way)?

If this is a php problem you may be better off asking on the php forum.

[sammy_s_a_m]

yeah it is being moved. if I check via http for the file in the directory it's there.

also although i know it caches, it is the same on various ftp programs and once again, it's there in http.

[lammert]

If you do it the other way around, do pictures uploaded with ftp show up via http?

It might be a rights setting. On new versions of linux where selinux is activated, you sometimes may get strange results when the selinux [en.wikipedia.org] layer filters out files from directory listings in one protocol, but not in another. To prevent strange behaviour many hosting companies switch selinux off on their servers by default though.

If selinux is the problem, the directory where you upload your files first probably doesn't have the attributes set to be viewed by ftp. If these attributes get inherited by your uploaded file and you then move it to a new location, these attributes can be moved too, causing your file to be excluded from the FTP listing.