# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-12-03 18:39:41 +0800:
> Hi. There seems to be a minor error in the page
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php. In Example 38-2
> "Validating file uploads", there is a line:
>
> $uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
>
> It looks like basename() is not required there. Because i found that when i
> upload a file using IE6 (IE6 includes the whole path to the uploaded file,
> see
> http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/fileupload/faq.html#whole-path-from-IE),
> the value of $_FILES['userfile']['name'] is a file name but not a path. It
> looks like php has taken the file name from the path automatically. (I am
> using php 5.2.0 and win2k.) Can someone check if i am correct? Thanks.
That basename() call costs virtually nothing and protects you
against a bug in PHP and whatnot. Leave it there.
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