WorkTheWeb Forums > Image uploading

jakek

Feb 28 2005, 04:54 AM

I would like to upload images from a form on a site. I have a php script that works locally but does not on the live site. Is this some sort of permissions issue? script code:

CODE

<form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post"enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form1">
<input name="filename" type="file" id="filename"><br>
<input name="Upload" type="submit" id="Upload" value="Upload">
<input name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" type="hidden" id="MAX_FILE_SIZE"value="50000">
</form>

CODE

<?php
if($_POST['Upload'] == "Upload") {
$originalFileName = $_FILES['filename']['name'];
$tempFileName = $_FILES['filename']['tmp_name'];
$siteRoot = "/test";
$newPath = $siteRoot . "/images/" . $originalFileName;
umask(0);
move_uploaded_file($tempFileName, $newPath);
system("chmod 755 $newPath");
}
?>

phpfreak

Feb 28 2005, 05:00 AM

jakek,

You are defining $siteRoot as /test which means the root of the file system and a directory underneath it called 'test' which you don't have access to create. Instead, you should use something like:

CODE

$siteRoot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/test';

That will put it under /home2/username/public_html/test/

Next, you need to make sure that you have permissions for the webserver to write to this 'test' directory. You can use the file manager in cPanel or your FTP client.

Please let us know how that goes!

jakek

Feb 28 2005, 07:06 PM

QUOTE(phpfreak @ Feb 28 2005, 05:00 AM)

jakek,

You are defining $siteRoot as /test which means the root of the file system and a directory underneath it called 'test' which you don't have access to create. Instead, you should use something like:

CODE

$siteRoot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/test';

That will put it under /home2/username/public_html/test/

Next, you need to make sure that you have permissions for the webserver to write to this 'test' directory. You can use the file manager in cPanel or your FTP client.

Please let us know how that goes!

I changed the permissions and corrected the code and it's fine now. Thanks.

phpfreak

Feb 28 2005, 07:38 PM

QUOTE(jakek @ Feb 28 2005, 07:06 PM)

I changed the permissions and corrected the code and it's fine now. Thanks.

No problem, I'm glad it helped!