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Posted by Shelly on 10/09/06 03:02
<petersprc@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe $_FILES['srcFile']['error'] has an error code? I would also make
> sure you have write permissions to PHP's upload_tmp_dir
> (ini_get('upload_tmp_dir') or phpinfo() will tell you where it is).
I did this and error came up as "2".
The upload_tmp_dir came up as blank when I did it with theo ini_get. Also,
it was "no value" with the phpinfo. Also, phpinfo gave "On" for
file_uploads. What else should I be looking for?
Shelly
>
> As for long uploads, you could warn the user that the upload may take a
> while, or unhide a "Please Wait" image.
>
> There are a couple techniques for a real upload progress indicator,
> some of which are shown here:
>
> http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/36
>
> http://blog.bitflux.ch/archive/2006/09/28/upload-progress-meter-extension-for-php-5-2.html
>
> Shelly wrote:
>> I do what most programmers do -- we steal code from stuff we have written
>> src
>> before, or accept code from others that works, before we attempt to write
>> something altogether new.
>>
>> On a previous project I wrote code to upload pictures and music from the
>> local drive to the server. It worked perfectly. I scarfed that code,
>> without changing any names, for a new project and I am running into a
>> problem. Here is what I have:
>>
>> The form definition:
>> <form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"
>> name="History"
>> target="_self">
>> <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1250000">
>>
>> The file field:
>> <input name="srcFile" type="file" id="srcFile">
>>
>> The code for the copying:
>> if (strlen(trim($_FILES['srcFile']['name'])) > 0) {
>> $tmp_photo = "pic_" . $user . "_" . $_POST['petname'] . "_" .
>> $_FILES['srcFile']['name'];
>> echo "target=" . $tmp_photo . "<br>";
>> echo "src=" . $_FILES['srcFile']['tmp_name'] . "<br>";
>> $status = copy ($_FILES['srcFile']['tmp_name'], $tmp_photo);
>> echo "status=" . $status . "<br>";
>> ---- more processing follows ----
>>
>> The result is:
>> target=pic_sheldonlg_coda_coda.jpg
>> src=
>> status=
>>
>> In other words, it is not finding a value for
>> $_FILES['srcFile']['tmp_name'], but it is finding the value for
>> $_FILES['srcFile']['name'] (that value is coda.jpg and is nested a
>> number
>> of directories down on the C drive).
>>
>> This worked fine before. Does anything leap out at anyone?
>>
>> While I am here, how do you folks handle the time delay in processing the
>> upload to avoid having impatient users? So far, all I am doing is
>> putting a
>> message before the hit the key to do the upload.
>>
>> Shelly
>
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