[FX.php List] Upload script in PHP?
Bob Patin
bob at patin.com
Mon Mar 13 14:47:45 MST 2006
I was wondering... I wasn't finding it!
Thanks, Dale!
On Mar 13, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
> Having just done this a week ago, I think it's important to clarify
> that there is no php.ini file by default on OS X or OS X Server.
> The default settings are part of the compile. This tripped me up
> for a while until I figured it out.
>
> There is a file called php.ini.default in the /etc directory. I
> copied it to a file called php.ini in the same location, and edited
> the new php.ini file. I restarted the web service; I did not have
> to reboot the computer. Once the web service is restarted, it uses
> the php.ini setting instead of the default compile settings.
>
> Dale
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Marisa Smith wrote:
>
>> Bob
>>
>> If you create a phpinfo.php file, with this as the content:
>>
>> <?php
>> phpinfo();
>> ?>
>>
>> You will be able to see the path to your php.ini file so you can
>> find and edit in in the terminal. Be sure to remove this info
>> file when you are done.
>>
>> Marisa
>>
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>> On Mar 13, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>> Longterm Solutions
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>>> 615-333-6858
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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 possible that your slocate database is outdated, hence the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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