upload a picture using php

[BlackBeltNinja]

okay,
i've searched the internet and found MANY tutorials that show how to upload files using php. The problem is that i can't get any of the tutorials to work. i know how to use mysql and write files (like txt) but i can't upload. plz someone help.

[abcdefg]

1. Maybe your server allows you to move files?(permissions)
2. Are you sure your uploading the files to a directory(check your path)

[b.rich]

what happens when you try the upload script?

[Yeldarb]

Make sure that in your form tag you have:
enctype="multipart/form-data"

[Jerryscript]

Here is a very basic upload script, if it doesn't work for you, please post any error messages shown on the page or in your error logs:
<?
if($_FILES){
// In PHP versions earlier than 4.1.0, $HTTP_POST_FILES should be used instead
// of $_FILES.

$uploaddir = substr(0,strrpos("/",$SCRIPT_NAME),$SCRIPT_NAME);
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . $_FILES['userfile']['name'];

$info=getImageSize($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']);
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
print "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.<br>";
} else {
print "Possible file upload attack! Here's some debugging info:\n";
print_r($_FILES);
}
}else{
print "
<form enctype='multipart/form-data' method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='MAX_FILE_SIZE' value='30000' />
Send this file: <input name='userfile' type='file' />
<input type='submit' value='Send File' />
</form>

";
}
?>

[BlackBeltNinja]

I copyied the script and
this is the error i get from, jerry...

[Thu Mar 24 16:06:14 2005] [error] PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /WebRoot/eblast/upload.php on line 4


it's just a white page, nothing shows up in the browser

[BlackBeltNinja]

and the same error comes up if i change $_FILES to $HTTP_POST_FILES

[Jerryscript]

What version of PHP are you running?

I just cc&p'd the script to my server, and it uploaded an image to my website fine. I'm running PHP4.3.3 on Apache1.3.28 (linux) online, and PHP5.1.0-dev on Apache 1.3.29 (windows) locally.

[amitgeorge]

try usind some open source php application like phpMyadmin. they have tested upload scripts. if that does not work, means your server has some problem, if it does try to take code from there

[BlackBeltNinja]

i'm using php 4.3.10 on apache (i dunno what version of that). you can see the error message at http://www.cityofninjas.com/upload.php

if you msg me on aim at metalslugmaster maybe i could let you take a look for yourself.

[hl]

your using mysql right ... http://www.spoono.com/php/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=42

[BlackBeltNinja]

i've seen this tutorial already, but my problem is that i need to upload to the server before i can place the images into mysql

[hl]

ah... do you mean you want some sort of webftp...?

otherwise i don't get your previous comment.

[RomantorV]

function checkFile($userfile, $maxsize)
{
$mimetypes = array(
"image/x-png" => 1,
"video/vivo" => 1,
"video/x-msvideo" => 1,
"audio/x-pn-realaudio" => 1,
"image/gif" => 1,
"video/mpeg" => 1,
"image/ico" => 1,
"image/x-MS-bmp" => 1,
"image/tiff" => 1,
"video/quicktime" => 1,
"image/jpeg" => 1,
"image/pjpeg" => 1,
// new extension
"application/pdf" => 1
);

if ((empty($userfile['name'])) || ($userfile['name'] == "none"))
return false;
if (($userfile['size'] == 0) || ($userfile['size'] > $maxsize))
return false;

//if (!isset($mimetypes[$userfile['type']]))
//return false;

return true;
}

function uploadFile($userfile, $maxsize, $upload_dir)
{
if (!checkFile($userfile, $maxsize))
return false;
$tmp_dir = $userfile['tmp_name'];
$name = $upload_dir."/".$userfile['name'];

if (!@move_uploaded_file($tmp_dir, $name))
return false;
return true;
}

#use it as below
uploadFile($HTTP_POST_FILES['image'], 1024*1000, "uploads")
/*
You must creat a dir name uploads at the same level of the file contain this code.
And your form must be "multipart/form-data" and have the file field name "image"
*/


Good luck!

[BlackBeltNinja]

what is the image of $HTTP_POST_FILES['image']?
is that the name of the form holding the file?

[BlackBeltNinja]

I GOT IT!!! thanks guys! :)

here's what i did.

UPLOAD.HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<form enctype='multipart/form-data' method='post' action='upload.php'>
<input type='hidden' name='MAX_FILE_SIZE' value='30000' />
Send this file: <input name='userfile' type='file' />
<input type='submit' value='Send File' />
</form>
</body>
</html>


UPLOAD.PHP

<?

//upload.php

function checkFile($userfile, $maxsize)
{
$mimetypes = array(
"image/x-png" => 1,
"video/vivo" => 1,
"video/x-msvideo" => 1,
"audio/x-pn-realaudio" => 1,
"image/gif" => 1,
"video/mpeg" => 1,
"image/ico" => 1,
"image/x-MS-bmp" => 1,
"image/tiff" => 1,
"video/quicktime" => 1,
"image/jpeg" => 1,
"image/pjpeg" => 1,
// new extension
"application/pdf" => 1
);

if ((empty($userfile['name'])) || ($userfile['name'] == "none"))
return false;
if (($userfile['size'] == 0) || ($userfile['size'] > $maxsize))
return false;

//if (!isset($mimetypes[$userfile['type']]))
//return false;

return true;
}

function uploadFile($userfile, $maxsize, $upload_dir)
{
if (!checkFile($userfile, $maxsize))
return false;
$tmp_dir = $userfile['tmp_name'];
$name = $upload_dir."/".$userfile['name'];

if (!@move_uploaded_file($tmp_dir, $name))
return false;
return true;
}

#use it as below
uploadFile($_FILES['userfile'], 1024*1000, "uploads")
/*
You must creat a dir name uploads at the same level of the file contain this code.
And your form must be "multipart/form-data" and have the file field name "image"
*/

?>