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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/18/93 12:00
yawnmoth wrote:
> On Jan 15, 8:07 am, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 15 Jan, 13:49, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2:30 am, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@btinternet.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> yawnmoth wrote:
>>>>> On Jan 14, 5:08 pm, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@btinternet.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> yawnmoth wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm trying to write a script that'll let me upload a *.xls file
>>>>>>> and am having some difficulties. Here are the contents of $_FILE:
>>>>>>> Array
>>>>>>> (
>>>>>>> [filename] => Array
>>>>>>> (
>>>>>>> [name] => filename.xls
>>>>>>> [type] =>
>>>>>>> [tmp_name] =>
>>>>>>> [error] => 2
>>>>>>> [size] => 0
>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>> As you can observe, there's no tmp_name set and error is set to 2.
>>>>>>> What does this mean? How can I fix it? There doesn't seem to be a
>>>>>>> whole lot of documentation on it on php.net:
>>>>>>> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variable...
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>> Array ( [filename] => Array ( [name] => filename.xls [type] =>
>>>>>>> [tmp_name] => [error] => 2 [size] => 0 ) )
>>>>>> I went to google and typed
>>>>>> php file upload errors
>>>>>> and clicked "I'm Feeling Lucky" and was taken straight to a page of
>>>>>> the manual with a link right at the top entitled "Error Messages
>>>>>> Explained" Was that really beyond you?
>>>>> Apparently it's beyond you. April 17, 2006:
>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.php/msg/0fa08f908c9ec331?dmo...
>>>>> I went to google and typed "short open tag php" and clicked "I'm
>>>>> Feeling Lucky" and was taken straight to the appropriate page. Was
>>>>> that really beyond you?
>>>> That required one to know that the <? was called a short open tag.
>>>> I simply picked words that you had already used in your post!
>>> But I used so many words in my post. When I type "php file upload
>>> tmp_name" into Google (without the double quotes) and click "I'm
>>> feeling lucky" the result I get isn't really all that helpful at all.
>>> With regard to <? and <?php... one's short and one's long. Seems
>>> obvious to me.
>> Your question was about the value of the error field. You said it was
>> set to 2 and you asked "what does this mean".
>>
>> It seems far more obvious to me to put 'php file upload errors' into
>> Google than it would to put 'php file upload tmp_name' in there or to
>> decide that the name of <? is "short open tag" which, had I knon what
>> it was called, I both cold and would have looked up.
>
> therein lies the problem. what's obvious to one person isn't always
> obvious to someone else. "php file upload errors" seems obvious to
> you. in hindsight, it seems obvious to me, as well. problem is, in
> hindsight, everything seems obvious, per the availability heuristic.
>
>> You are just reinforcing the view that you will always be one who has
>> to ask for help as you cannot think clearly enough to help yourself.
>
> so long as i do overcome the problems i encounter, what does it matter
> what your view is?
>
It will matter a lot the next time you come here looking for help.
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