On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:44 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote:
> 2009/12/11 kranthi <kranthi...@gmail.com>:
> > How can i change the temporary upload directory?
> > var_dump(ini_get('upload_tmp_dir')); gives me (and that is set in
> > php.ini)
> > string '/var/www/cgi-bin' (length=16)
> >
> > but
> > var_dump($_FILES) gives
> > me
> > 'tmp_name' => string '/tmp/phpbSZ6WP' (length=14)
> >
> > var_dump(file_exists($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])); gives me (/tmp
> > has permissions drwxrwxrwt and i never used file_move_upload or any
> > similar functions)
> > boolean false
> >
> > am I missing something here?
> > Kranthi.
> >
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> Just assuming you could alter the upload_tmp_dir setting in your code
> (you can't) ...
>
> PHP puts the uploaded files into the upload_tmp_dir BEFORE your script
> runs, so changing it in your script essentially hides the uploaded
> files.
>
> PHP drops the files into directory A.
> PHP then runs your code.
> Your code changes the directory to B.
> Your code cannot see the files PHP put into A as your code is now looking in
> B.
>
> But, as I said earlier, you can't use your code to change
> upload_tmp_dir. It can only be done at the system level (php.ini or
> httpd.conf). See [1] and [2].
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Quadling.
>
> [1] http://docs.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.sect.file-uploads
> [2] http://docs.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.modes.php
>
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The only reason I can see for wanting to do this would be where several
sites exist on the same server and you might want each site to have its
own temporary upload directory. It won't have any bearing on how you
handle the uploads unless it becomes full.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
