[FX.php List] Upload script in PHP?

Bob Patin bob at patin.com
Mon Mar 13 13:24:42 MST 2006


Actually, I'm in Mac OS X Server, which is Apache; anyone out there  
familiar with OS X Server who could tell me how to get to 'php.ini'  
in the Terminal? I seem to recall editing a text file in there  
before, but can't remember the command to do that.

Thanks,

Bob Patin
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On Mar 13, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Daniel P. Brown wrote:

>
>
>    Permissions on the upload folder, if it's going to be public,  
> should be 777.  Conversely, you can change the ownership to nobody  
> (or whatever the Apache user on your system is), and chmod it to  
> 700, or change the group to nobody (again, whatever your Apache  
> user is) and chmod it to 770.
>
>    If you're using a standard Linux system, php.ini is usually just  
> in the /etc/ directory.  You can type `locate -u` and then `locate  
> php.ini` if you want to try to find it that way.  It's possible  
> that your slocate database is outdated, hence the inability to  
> locate the file.
>
>          ~ Dan
>
> Bob Patin wrote:
>> Dale,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply; I'd tried that code but I suspect I need to  
>> change the permissions on the "upload" folder. What do you  
>> recommend that I set the permissions to for that folder, if not  
>> "www?"
>>
>> Also, how do I get to the php.ini file? I tried searching for it  
>> on the web server but didn't find it, but I vaguely recall working  
>> on it in the past. Do I have to use Terminal?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions
>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>> 615-333-6858
>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>>
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>>
>> On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> I took mine right from the php.net's examples about uploading files:
>>>
>>> <http://us2.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php>
>>>
>>> Here is their upload HTML form:
>>>
>>> <!-- The data encoding type, enctype, MUST be specified as below -->
>>> <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="__URL__" method="POST">
>>>     <!-- MAX_FILE_SIZE must precede the file input field -->
>>>     <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="30000" />
>>>     <!-- Name of input element determines name in $_FILES array -->
>>>     Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" />
>>>     <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
>>> </form>
>>>
>>> The three comment lines identify the big differences in this form  
>>> and more traditional html forms. Note that the MAX_FILE_SIZE  
>>> value is largely ignored by the browser, so you'll need to  
>>> evaluate that after the file is uploaded (file size is part of  
>>> the $_FILES array... see immediately below).
>>>
>>> Once uploaded, PHP stores info about the file in the $_FILES  
>>> array. You can find the details of the elements of $_FILES on the  
>>> page linked above, but the elements for the uploaded 'userfile'  
>>> above are:
>>>
>>> $_FILES['userfile']['name'] The original name of the uploaded  
>>> file on the client machine.
>>>
>>> $_FILES['userfile']['type'] The mime type of the file, if the  
>>> browser provided this information. An example would be "image/ 
>>> gif". This mime type is however not checked on the PHP side and  
>>> therefore don't take its value for granted.
>>>
>>> $_FILES['userfile']['size'] The size, in bytes, of the uploaded  
>>> file.
>>>
>>> $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] The temporary filename of the  
>>> file in which the uploaded file was stored on the server.
>>>
>>> $_FILES['userfile']['error'] The error code associated with this  
>>> file upload. This element was added in PHP 4.2.0
>>>
>>> The uploaded file lands in a temp directory, and you use php's  
>>> move_uploaded_file() to relocate it to your appropriate web  
>>> directory. You can also rename it and use the values in $_FILES  
>>> check for different file types and file sizes (although the mime  
>>> type thing isn't bulletproof).
>>>
>>> Things to watch out for: file and folder permissions on the final  
>>> resting place for your uploads, since the www user has pretty  
>>> limited access. Also, your php.ini file probably has a  
>>> upload_max_filesize set to 2MB. If the PDFs being uploade are  
>>> larger than 2MB, you'll need to up this value. If you're changing  
>>> upload_max_filesize, you'll need to look at post_max_size too.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Dale
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 13, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any code for writing a simple upload script in  
>>>> PHP? I tried some code that I found online, but have been unable  
>>>> to get it to work.
>>>>
>>>> I have a client who needs to put a form on their site so that  
>>>> clients can upload PDF files directly into their web folder on  
>>>> the web server.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bob Patin
>>>> Longterm Solutions
>>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>>> 615-333-6858
>>>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>>>>
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>>>>      USERNAME: longtermsolutions
>>>>
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>>>>      AIM or iChat: longterm1954
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