[FX.php List] [OFF] Potential gotchas with uploading files?

Bob Patin bob at patin.com
Fri Apr 3 13:13:51 MDT 2009 

I looked at RadUpload, but wasn't overly impressed with it; the  
interface looked a little clunky, plus it's using Java and requires  
users to okay it--which inexperienced users might find off-putting. In  
the demo, the feedback I got in the Java applet window wasn't too  
impressive...

The standard PHP upload works great, doesn't require Java, is  
reliable; I have a page that has 3 upload fields on it, so that  
clients can upload 3 MP3 files at one time, then loop around and do it  
as many times as they need. Works great, is lightweight (page is about  
8K), and doesn't require any sort of permission to be granted by the  
user.

Best,

Bob Patin


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On Apr 3, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Blair Duncan wrote:

> I used a typical php uploader script for quite some time.
> I?ve recently switched to Rad Upload www.radinks.com
> Very secure and simple to implement.
> The drag and drop user experience is sooo much nicer.
>
>
>
> On 03/04/09 2:01 PM, "Joel Shapiro" <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks everybody for all your input.
>>
>> Webko's FileThingie seems very cool although more than I'd need for
>> this project -- but I did have issues ("unknown error") with it on my
>> web host.  I didn't do any troubleshooting on it, but it confirms
>> that there can be various server issues that will likely need to be
>> dealt with in addition to things like validating & restricting file
>> types.
>>
>> Michael's Easy PHP Upload looks nice and simple but I haven't
>> downloaded it yet.
>>
>> I think I've got my answer.  Now I just need to decide how big of a
>> headache I'm willing to take on for this project ;)
>>
>> Thanks all.
>>
>> -Joel
>>
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> Well, it still has to be a directory that has www write
>>> permissions, but as you pointed out in your example, that directory
>>> is known to the PHP scripts but not exposed to the user.
>>>
>>> This is where I started:
>>>
>>> http://us.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.files.php
>>> http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.is-uploaded-file.php
>>> http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.move-uploaded-file.php
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dale,
>>>>
>>>> How do you move the files to another directory without having to
>>>> give the same permissions to the final directory? I'd be
>>>> interested in seeing how that's done...
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Bob Patin
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I followed the strategy laid out on php.net for uploading files
>>>>> to a temp directory, validating there, and moving/renaming valid
>>>>> files to another location. Anything not passing validation is
>>>>> deleted from the temp directory and the user gets an error  
>>>>> message.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking at Michael's and Webko's suggested libraries now, for
>>>>> one really good reason: multiple file upload support. This is
>>>>> going to be huge for a brand/content management system I am just
>>>>> beginning to develop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dale
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:39 AM, Head Honcho wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Joel,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/04/2009, at 1:15 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm looking for thoughts on how complicated an upload-file site
>>>>>>> can be.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snip />
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For those that have worked with this, what kinds of problems
>>>>>>> can should I be ready for?  Could this be a big headache?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use the "easy upload" (<http://www.finalwebsites.com/
>>>>>> snippets.php?id=7>) class which allows me to set file sizes/
>>>>>> types as part of my script.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Permissions can be a problem.. the upload folder will have to
>>>>>> have write permissions for the web server (_www or www or nobody
>>>>>> or whateverTheWebUserIsOnYourSystem).  Those using the files
>>>>>> will need read privileges at least.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael Ward
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