[FX.php List] Upload script in PHP?
Steve Hannah
shannah at sfu.ca
Mon Mar 13 14:29:46 MST 2006
The definitive way to find out where your php.ini file is located is
by creating a file with only
<? phpinfo(); ?>
and view the file in your web browser and do a find for "php.ini" .
It will show you the path to your php ini file.
Steve Hannah
On 13-Mar-06, at 12:28 PM, Tom Sepper wrote:
> Depends on where you installed it. Mine is at
> /usr/local/php5/lib/php.ini although yours may not be. Open up a
> terminal window, ssh in (if not local), and type 'whereis php.ini'
> without the single quotes. That'll give you a listing.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 2:25 PM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Upload script in PHP?
>
> 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 that your slocate database is outdated, hence the inability to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
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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
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