mike wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new and trying to learn php. I am trying to use some of the scripts
> in the php manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/) to upload a file. I
> can not seem to get the file to upload. Actually I am "uploading" to the
> same windows XP computer, trying to move the file from one directory to
> another. It appears that the file is suppose to be passed to a temporary
> file in a temporary directory. I think this is where I am having
> trouble. The form script seems to get the file correctly. It calls and
> posts to the file processing script correctly. But the file
> processing script fails. I get error 6 which is "Missing a temporary
> folder." (see below for complete scripts and outputs)
>
> If I do a phpinfo() call I see that upload_tmp_dir is not set
> if I do $a=ini_get('upload_tmp_dir'); and echo $a I get NULL.
>
> The manual says that 'upload_tmp_dir' is set in php.ini. I found
> php.ini in the Program Files/php/ directory. I find the variable set
> in 2 places in that file:
>
> ******
> .
> .
> .
> ; Whether to allow HTTP file uploads.
> file_uploads = On
>
> ; Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default
> ;if not
> ; specified).
> ;upload_tmp_dir =
> .
> .
> .
> ; Default timeout for socket based streams (seconds)
> default_socket_timeout = 60
> upload_tmp_dir="C:\DOCUME~1\MIA-KI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\php\upload"
> session.save_path="C:\DOCUME~1\MIA-KI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\php\session"
> .
> .
> .
> *********
> The directory set in the 2nd instance:
>
> upload_tmp_dir="C:\DOCUME~1\MIA-KI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\php\upload"
>
> exists on my pc, however, phpinfo() says 'upload_tmp_dir' is not set.
>
> If I uncomment the 1st instance and set it:
>
> upload_tmp_dir ="C:\tempphp" (a directory which I have created)
>
> phpinfo() reports 'upload_tmp_dir' is not set.
>
> I have tried puting the php.ini file in my wwwroot directory and in
> the working directory containing the scripts (I think this is where it
> should be) and still phpinfo() reports 'upload_tmp_dir' is not set.
>
> I have also tried ini_set('upload_tmp_dir', 'C:\tempphp');
> that also does not work.
>
> *********************************************
> Q1: How do I set the temporary upload file 'upload_tmp_dir' in windows XP.
>
> Q2: Once I have set 'upload_tmp_dir' how do I know the temproary file
> name 'tmp_name' that php uses to hold that file before it gets moved using:
>
> move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)
>
> Thank You
> Mike
>
>
>
> ********************************************
> I use the following to generate a form to get the file name:
> *****
>
> <!-- The data encoding type, enctype, MUST be specified as below -->
> <form enctype="multipart/form-data"
> action="http://localhost/php/upload.php" 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>
> <h1> hello world</h1>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ******************************************
> Then I use the following php script (http://localhost/php/upload.php) to
> do the moving:
> ******
>
> <html>
> <body>
> <?php
> // In PHP versions earlier than 4.1.0, $HTTP_POST_FILES should be used
> instead
> // of $_FILES.
>
> $uploaddir = './upload/';
> $uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
>
> echo '<pre>';
> if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
> echo "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.\n";
> } else {
> echo "Possible file upload problem\n";
> }
>
> echo 'Here is some more debugging info:';
> print_r($_FILES);
>
> print "</pre>";
>
> ?>
> </body>
> </html>
> ***********************************
>
> I get the following output:
>
> *******
>
> Possible file upload problem
> Here is some more debugging info:Array
> (
> [userfile] => Array
> (
> [name] => usage_rights.txt
> [type] =>
> [tmp_name] =>
> [error] => 6
> [size] => 0
> )
>
> )
>
The first question is - which configuration file does phpino() say it's
using?
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