Hi, Remember 2nd Q: The file is Upload to a temporaly direcory, later you copy from temporaly (temporaly name) to a final (rename the file) destination.
Under *NIX, I don't if Windows's PHP when upload tthe file, the file is copied to a temporaly directory. Bye, I've still My Question about PHP_AUTH_USER and Browsers :-) Marry Chistmas... At 12:33 PM -0500 27/12/01, Jeremy Reed wrote: >Your first question. To see that the file uploaded successfully using the >web browser, one would have to have access to your computer's file system. >In her book, she used this merely as an example to show that the file had, >indeed, been uploaded. This should not be used as something that you allow >your web users to do to confirm the receipt of the file. Instead, send them >an email, show them a directory listing, etc. > >Your second question, the name given to the image should be whatever the >*value* of the variable used to copy() it. You should, however, come up >with a naming scheme that allows you to ensure that you do not overwrite any >uploaded files--especially if you expect a lot of traffic and/or users using >this feature. > >Your third question, the mime-type pjpg is functionally the same as the >mime-type jpeg. There's nothing you need to worry about there. > > >"Anthony Ritter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> Merry Christmas everybody. >> >> I am using MS Windows 98 with Apache and following an example in Julie >> Meloni's "PHP - Fast and Easy" (Chapter 10) in which she describes file >> uploading using PHP on page 168-174. >> >> She has two files: >> 1) an html form to receive the input from the user for the file to be >> uploaded >> 2) a .php script to accept the variable and use the copy() function. >> ............................................................. >> >> The scripts are as follows: >> (html form) >> >> <HTML> >> <HEAD> >> <TITLE>Upload a File</TITLE> >> </HEAD> >> <BODY> >> >> <H1>Upload a File</H1> >> >> <FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="do_upload.php" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"> >> >> <p><strong>File to Upload:</strong><br> >> <INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="img1" SIZE="30"></p> >> >> <P><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Upload File"></p> >> >> </FORM> >> >> </BODY> >> </HTML> >> ................................................ >> (.php script) >> >> <? >> if ($img1_name != "") { >> >> @copy("$img1", "c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/$img1_name") >> or die("Couldn't copy the file."); >> >> } else { >> >> die("No input file specified"); >> >> } >> >> ?> >> >> <HTML> >> <HEAD> >> <TITLE>Successful File Upload</TITLE> >> </HEAD> >> <BODY> >> >> <H1>Success!</H1> >> >> <P>You sent: <? echo "$img1_name"; ?>, a <? echo "$img1_size"; ?> >> byte file with a mime type of <? echo "$img1_type"; ?>.</P> >> >> </BODY> >> </HTML> >> ...................................................... >> >> My questions: >> I am able to upload a file from My Documents to the Apache server however >> in her book, she describes that the user can verify that the file was >> uploaded to the server by going to: >> >> File/ Open Page / in ones web browser to navigate through their filesystem >> to >> find the file that was uploaded. There is a screenshot in the book that >> shows the .jpeg file on the screen with the browser at: >> file:///C/Apache/htdocs/blahblah.jpg >> >> I can't seem to verify that the file exists using this method. >> >> The only way I can verify that the file was indeed uploaded is to go into >> the folder within Apache that was specified in the path and check there. >> >> *How can I check by going through the browser window?* >> >> Next question: >> >> When I check that the file was uploaded, the file is saved in: >> C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/$img1_name >> >> as the *regular *.jpeg name I originally gave it - not the variable - >$img1. >> >> Is this correct? Or, should the file be saved as: >> img1? >> >> And the last question: >> This is the line I received upon sending the file: > > >> You sent: KewpieSmall.jpeg, a 3127 byte file with a mime type of >> image/pjpeg. >> >> In her book, it says: >> image/jpeg. >> >> What is: >> image/pjpeg.? >> >> Many thanks and best wishes to all for a happy and healthy new year. >> Tony Ritter >> >> >> >> >> > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- __________________________________ Jesus Maria Bianco Troconis (yisu) E-MAIL mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 4792036 / nickname yisu WEB http://yisu.net Telefono/Phone +58 (414) 3042346 (Ciudad/City) Caracas, Venezuela Mac, PHP & MySQL Rulez. They Kick some ass! __________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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