[PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
I have been successfully able to upload the files to the server and its path
stored in the database..
Now I have two small issues...
1. How would I automate the file naming otherwise errors will fly (can't
copy file... blah blah)
2. The second part is the most annoying. It seems that I cannot get the
script to put the files into a directory I specify only where the script
resides. I thought it was a permission issue, but the folder has been chmod
to 777 and it still won't do it...
Directory structure
home
web
recruiter --- folder where the scripts reside
resumes -- the destination where I want the uploaded files to
reside
here is the code...
?
// if $img_name isn't empty, try to copy the file
if ($img1_name != ) {
// copy the file to a directory or
//die and print an error message
// NOTE! if you're on a Windows machine,
// use Windows pathnames, like so:
// copy($img1, C:\\some\\directory\\path\\$img1_name);
copy($img1,
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name)
or die(Couldn't copy the file!);
} else {
// if $img_name was empty, die and let us know why
die(No input file specified);
}
?
thanks
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Re: [PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
On 2/5/02 9:58 AM, Todd Williamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I have two small issues...
1. How would I automate the file naming otherwise errors will fly (can't
copy file... blah blah)
You could replace the file name with a randomly generated number. There are
a number of ways to generate random numbers in PHP. Try this for starters:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php
2. The second part is the most annoying. It seems that I cannot get the
script to put the files into a directory I specify only where the script
resides. I thought it was a permission issue, but the folder has been chmod
to 777 and it still won't do it...
You need the path from root to the directory. Now you have:
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name
You need a forward slash before home:
/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name
Instead of using chmod 777 (ick!) you should change the ownership of the
file to be owned by the web server user which is usually nobody you can do
this with the chown command from the command line.
Robert
Directory structure
home
web
recruiter --- folder where the scripts reside
resumes -- the destination where I want the uploaded files to
reside
here is the code...
?
// if $img_name isn't empty, try to copy the file
if ($img1_name != ) {
// copy the file to a directory or
//die and print an error message
// NOTE! if you're on a Windows machine,
// use Windows pathnames, like so:
// copy($img1, C:\\some\\directory\\path\\$img1_name);
copy($img1,
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name)
or die(Couldn't copy the file!);
} else {
// if $img_name was empty, die and let us know why
die(No input file specified);
}
?
thanks
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RE: [PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
I believe when PHP saves a file, it is already owned by the web server user.
In my case, nouser. I could not get this behaviour to change.
Normally you should not need to CHMOD or CHOWN anything you upload unless
you need them to be modified by ftp users as well.
Just make sure the folder is writeable by the web server user. (Preferably
not by anybody else... 777 is all bad :)
If you do end up CHMODing:
On SCO, the CHMOD command did not behave like I expected it to... adding the
umask made it all good... ie,
$rand_name=generate_filename(,jpg)
//Save The Uploaded File To Disk
@copy($image,
/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$rand_name) or
die(Couldn't Save File $image to $rand_name);
(Note beginning slash... Robert helped you there :)
//Give It Perms
umask(0);
chmod(/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$temp_name,0
600);
(on my SCO box, 600 is the default perms anyway )
Here is my little funtion I use to generate file names: (It is not mine..
but I cant remember who gave it to me :)
function generate_filename ($len = 8,$ext)
{
$nps = ;
mt_srand ((double) microtime() * 100);
while (strlen($nps)$len)
{
$c = chr(mt_rand (0,255));
if (eregi(^[a-z0-9]$, $c)) $nps = $nps.$c;
}
$nps.=.$ext;
return ($nps);
}
Of course, depending on what you are doing, completely random names may be
useless... I save them as temporary files to resize them and save them in a
DB with the regular name with special chars stripped out.
JD
-Original Message-
From: Robert Weeks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:19 AM
To: Todd Williamsen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
On 2/5/02 9:58 AM, Todd Williamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I have two small issues...
1. How would I automate the file naming otherwise errors will fly (can't
copy file... blah blah)
You could replace the file name with a randomly generated number. There are
a number of ways to generate random numbers in PHP. Try this for starters:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php
2. The second part is the most annoying. It seems that I cannot get the
script to put the files into a directory I specify only where the script
resides. I thought it was a permission issue, but the folder has been
chmod
to 777 and it still won't do it...
You need the path from root to the directory. Now you have:
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name
You need a forward slash before home:
/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name
Instead of using chmod 777 (ick!) you should change the ownership of the
file to be owned by the web server user which is usually nobody you can do
this with the chown command from the command line.
Robert
Directory structure
home
web
recruiter --- folder where the scripts reside
resumes -- the destination where I want the uploaded files to
reside
here is the code...
?
// if $img_name isn't empty, try to copy the file
if ($img1_name != ) {
// copy the file to a directory or
//die and print an error message
// NOTE! if you're on a Windows machine,
// use Windows pathnames, like so:
// copy($img1, C:\\some\\directory\\path\\$img1_name);
copy($img1,
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name)
or die(Couldn't copy the file!);
} else {
// if $img_name was empty, die and let us know why
die(No input file specified);
}
?
thanks
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Re: [PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
Yeah,
My chown reference was to chowning the folder that the files are uploaded
to, not the indv. files.
Robert
- Original Message -
From: JD Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Todd Williamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:21 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
I believe when PHP saves a file, it is already owned by the web server
user.
In my case, nouser. I could not get this behaviour to change.
Normally you should not need to CHMOD or CHOWN anything you upload unless
you need them to be modified by ftp users as well.
Just make sure the folder is writeable by the web server user. (Preferably
not by anybody else... 777 is all bad :)
If you do end up CHMODing:
On SCO, the CHMOD command did not behave like I expected it to... adding
the
umask made it all good... ie,
$rand_name=generate_filename(,jpg)
file://Save The Uploaded File To Disk
@copy($image,
/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$rand_name) or
die(Couldn't Save File $image to $rand_name);
(Note beginning slash... Robert helped you there :)
file://Give It Perms
umask(0);
chmod(/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$temp_name,0
600);
(on my SCO box, 600 is the default perms anyway )
Here is my little funtion I use to generate file names: (It is not mine..
but I cant remember who gave it to me :)
function generate_filename ($len = 8,$ext)
{
$nps = ;
mt_srand ((double) microtime() * 100);
while (strlen($nps)$len)
{
$c = chr(mt_rand (0,255));
if (eregi(^[a-z0-9]$, $c)) $nps = $nps.$c;
}
$nps.=.$ext;
return ($nps);
}
Of course, depending on what you are doing, completely random names may be
useless... I save them as temporary files to resize them and save them in
a
DB with the regular name with special chars stripped out.
JD
-Original Message-
From: Robert Weeks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:19 AM
To: Todd Williamsen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] File Uploading... Two problems...
On 2/5/02 9:58 AM, Todd Williamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I have two small issues...
1. How would I automate the file naming otherwise errors will fly
(can't
copy file... blah blah)
You could replace the file name with a randomly generated number. There
are
a number of ways to generate random numbers in PHP. Try this for starters:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php
2. The second part is the most annoying. It seems that I cannot get
the
script to put the files into a directory I specify only where the script
resides. I thought it was a permission issue, but the folder has been
chmod
to 777 and it still won't do it...
You need the path from root to the directory. Now you have:
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name
You need a forward slash before home:
/home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name
Instead of using chmod 777 (ick!) you should change the ownership of the
file to be owned by the web server user which is usually nobody you can
do
this with the chown command from the command line.
Robert
Directory structure
home
web
recruiter --- folder where the scripts reside
resumes -- the destination where I want the uploaded files
to
reside
here is the code...
?
// if $img_name isn't empty, try to copy the file
if ($img1_name != ) {
// copy the file to a directory or
file://die and print an error message
// NOTE! if you're on a Windows machine,
// use Windows pathnames, like so:
// copy($img1, C:\\some\\directory\\path\\$img1_name);
copy($img1,
home/sites/madden.williamsen.net/web/recruiter/resumes/$img1_name)
or die(Couldn't copy the file!);
} else {
// if $img_name was empty, die and let us know why
die(No input file specified);
}
?
thanks
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