php file upload problem

prometheos

hi,
im trying to get a file to upload to an images folder in php and it was working a while ago but i overwrote the file by accident and know cant remember what i had as i hadn't worked on it in a while. can anyone help me?

i have the usual in the php file containing the entire form:
[php]
<input name="uploadedfile" type="file" size="40" />
[/php]and then i have this in the uploaded php file ( i know its basic at the moment but i'm just trying to get it uploading again before i add more specific formats and sizes etc):
[php]
$target_path = "images/";
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES);
copy($_FILES, "images/" . $_FILES);
[/php]can anybody tell me what's wrong? ive been staring at this for about 2hours now, so it's probably something stupid:mad:
thanks guyz

TheWaterboy

I think your $target_path is wrong

I would assume that it needs to be something similar the following:

$target_path = "/home/httpd/html/images/"

HandWS LTD

Yep...looks like its the target path. You need to put the full path in "$target_path =" depending on if it is in the root folder or not. Either just use "/images/" or the full path. I don't know what the full path is so i can't do anymore.

prometheos

hey,
thanks for the replies:) ill give that a go now
cheers for the help

daymobrew

I don't think that the $target_path needs to be an absolute dir, though I suggest using the move_uploaded_file function as it is specifically for moving the uploaded file to its final destination.

I suggest you create a test script and print out the values of the $_FILES array (var_dump is handy for this).
[PHP]<pre>
<?php
var_dump( $_FILES );
?>
</pre>
[/PHP]
The data in $_FILES may be different from what you expect e.g. $_FILES'uploadedfile'] may not need to have basename() applied to it (you apply it on one line but not the next).

prometheos

ok i now have
[PHP]
$target_path ="./images/";
$target_path = $target_path . $_FILES;
move_uploaded_file($_FILES, $target_path);
[/PHP]

i tried target_path with an absolute path and it didn't work.

this is the result of the var dump of $_FILES and i got

'array(0) {
}'
does this mean that the upload isnt going into temp? why would this be?

Webmonkey

From that it looks like you not even uploading a file properly? The $_FILE array should contain something at least.

What's your form like for uploading. You sure your form tag contains multipart/form-data and using post.

prometheos

Webmonkey wrote: »

From that it looks like you not even uploading a file properly? The $_FILE array should contain something at least.

What's your form like for uploading. You sure your form tag contains multipart/form-data and using post.

yeah, it has that at the top
[PHP]<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="ordered.php">
[/PHP]

could it be because the upload_tmp_dir in php.ini isn't set?

HandWS LTD

No show us a bit more of the code so we can help. Or is that it?

Webmonkey

What has changed. You sure file uploads are enabled:

file_uploads = on

prometheos

Webmonkey wrote: »

What has changed. You sure file uploads are enabled:

file_uploads = on

yeah its definitely on...
i think i know what the problem is now... im trying to do it within facebook...
it works if i do it outside facebook but not inside :mad:
hmm....
thanks for the help by the way
any1 know a way around this ?