Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/29/40 12:00

Jimmy wrote:
> "Paul Lautman" <paul.lautman@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:5v4nhnF1l3ttvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> $upload_dir = "MyFolder/";
>>>
>>> if (isset($_POST['action'])) {
>>> if (!is_dir("$upload_dir"))
>>> { die ("The directory doesn't exist"); ....
>>>
>>> it's ok when I use it!
>>>
>>> Now, my windows XP Sp2 has a web server IIS
>>>
>>> $upload_dir = "http://localhost/MyFolder/";
>>>
>>> and it gives the error : The directory doesn't exist
>>>
>>> "MyFolder/" is always in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot
>>> ie C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MyFolder
>>>
>>> Thank you for showing me how to use
>>> "myFolder" via http://localhost
>> http://localhost/MyFolder/ isn't a (local) directory, it's a URL.
>>
>> Since you have an invocation that works, why do you want to do something
>> diferent?
> Thank you for your help,
>
> then how can I use the URL instead of the folder ?
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
>
>

You can't. Like it's name indicates - is_dir() checks to see if the
parameter is a directory.

And like Paul asked. Why are you changing something that's working?

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