Uploading files to dropbox with XAMPP PHP - php

Question

I am trying to upload files to dropbox. I am on Windows and using XAMPP. This is what I have.
# Include the Dropbox SDK libraries
require_once "dropbox-sdk/Dropbox/autoload.php";
use \Dropbox as dbx;
$appInfo = dbx\AppInfo::loadFromJsonFile("../view/configs/json_config.json");
$webAuth = new dbx\WebAuthNoRedirect($appInfo, "MyApp");
$authorizeUrl = $webAuth->start();
echo "1. Go to: " . $authorizeUrl . "\n";
echo "2. Click \"Allow\" (you might have to log in first).\n";
echo "3. Copy the authorization code.\n";
// $fp=fopen("php://stdin", "r");
// $in=fgets($fp,4094);
// fclose($fp);
define('STDIN',fopen("C://xampp/php/php.exe", "r"));
if (PHP_OS == 'WINNT') {
echo '$ ';
$line = trim(fgets(STDIN)); // reads one line from STDIN
//$line = stream_get_line(STDIN, 1024, PHP_EOL);
//$read = str_replace("\r\n", "", $in);
}
else {
//$line = readline('$ ');
$line = str_replace("\n", "", $in);
}
//$authCode = \trim(\readline("Enter the authorization code here: "));
list($accessToken, $dropboxUserId) = $webAuth->finish($line);
print "Access Token: " . $accessToken . "\n";
$dbxClient = new dbx\Client($accessToken, "MyApp");
$accountInfo = $dbxClient->getAccountInfo();
print_r($accountInfo);
$f = fopen("working-draft.txt", "rb");
$result = $dbxClient->uploadFile("/working-draft.txt", dbx\WriteMode::add(), $f);
fclose($f);
print_r($result);
$folderMetadata = $dbxClient->getMetadataWithChildren("/");
print_r($folderMetadata);
$f = fopen("working-draft.txt", "w+b");
$fileMetadata = $dbxClient->getFile("/working-draft.txt", $f);
fclose($f);
print_r($fileMetadata);
which I found here
Now I am already having problems trying to execute this code as this code originally uses the readline function (or library) which is not supported on windows. I found a substitute that I am trying to use but it doesn't work.
Currently, this is the error I am getting:
"Uncaught exception 'Dropbox\Exception_BadRequest' with message ' in ....\RequestUtil.php on line 251."
I have no idea how to get this working. Has anyone done this successfully on windows using XAMPP?

Answer 1

The error here makes sense... it looks like your code tries to read the contents of php.exe, which doesn't sound like a good idea. :-) That's why the string is "... This program cannot be run in DOS mode."
But if you don't redefine STDIN, $line = trim(fgets(STDIN)) looks reasonable. What happens when you run that?

Answer 2

It's throwing an exception because there is something wrong with your request to DropBox.
To get more debugging information, place all of your DropBox method calls within a try/catch block, for example:
try
{
$authorizeUrl = $webAuth->start();
}
catch (dbx\WebAuthException_BadRequest $e) {
var_dump($e); // Will returned detailed information about the error
}
this should start you on the right track in determining the cause.