I've attempted to write code to have a file uploaded to a "media" folder in PHP. For some reason it continues to not work.
Here's the execution code:
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],"../media/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]) or die ("Failure to upload content");
Here's my form code:
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" />
Any ideas why it may not be working?
EDIT:
When I use the command "print_r($_FILES);", it displays:
Array ( [file] => Array ( [name] => Screen Shot 2012-05-29 at 12.36.11 PM.png [type] => image/png [tmp_name] => /Applications/MAMP/tmp/php/phpHNj3nW [error] => 0 [size] => 71640 ) )
Image is NOT uploaded into the folder.
Make sure that in your form.. you put the enctype.
eg: <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="index.php"></form>;
To check if files are successfully updated upon submitting the form. use print_r to see results. print_r($_FILES);
make sure media folder has 777 permission and the path ../media/ is correct
Put the encription in form
<form method="post" action="index.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"></form>
Check in php.ini file max_execution_time
heavy images are not uploaded due to execution time..
Check in php.ini file max_execution_time heavy images are not uploaded due to execution time..
eg: ;
There is a form with encrypt type or an ajax call? Do you check if the file is sended to the upload script (with a print_r($_FILES["file"]).
If correct, do you have check if the relative path is correct?
You must start from the current script (if file is included you must start from the including script).
Sorry if answer seems simply, but the posted code is a little too short to evaluate.
In your form tag you want something like this
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST">
Make sure enctype is set to multipart/form-data for files. Replace uploader.php with the name of the php file doing the processing. Also make sure your permissions are set so the file can be created in the directory.
Here's a list of possible problems: http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php
Have you checked that the "web server user" has write permissions to "../media" ?
I was having the same problem. I am using ubuntu 18.04 and it was solved when i used this permission command on terminal.
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/target_dir.
->I have apache2 web server and target_dir as Download so replace target_dir as per your destination directory.
Make sure that in your form.. you put the enctype.
move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,"images/".$file_name);
echo "Success
If anyone wounder what's the simplest file php uploader this is the code I test it,
it will upload the file to current folder
IT'S NOT SECURE
This code for learning purpose only, don't upload it to working environment.
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file1" id="file1" />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if ($_FILES["file1"]["error"] > 0) {
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file1"]["error"] . "<br />";
} else {
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file1"]["name"] . "<br />";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file1"]["type"] . "<br />";
echo "Stored file:".$_FILES["file1"]["name"]."<br/>Size:".($_FILES["file1"]["size"]/1024)." kB<br/>";
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file1"]["tmp_name"],dirname(__FILE__).'/'.$_FILES["file1"]["name"]);
}
}
exit ();
?>
credit https://stackoverflow.com/a/15709181/3019002
You need to set the folder permission to 777. otherwise your file won't load
Related
I've attempted to write code to have a file uploaded to a "media" folder in PHP. For some reason it continues to not work.
Here's the execution code:
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],"../media/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]) or die ("Failure to upload content");
Here's my form code:
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" />
Any ideas why it may not be working?
EDIT:
When I use the command "print_r($_FILES);", it displays:
Array ( [file] => Array ( [name] => Screen Shot 2012-05-29 at 12.36.11 PM.png [type] => image/png [tmp_name] => /Applications/MAMP/tmp/php/phpHNj3nW [error] => 0 [size] => 71640 ) )
Image is NOT uploaded into the folder.
Make sure that in your form.. you put the enctype.
eg: <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="index.php"></form>;
To check if files are successfully updated upon submitting the form. use print_r to see results. print_r($_FILES);
make sure media folder has 777 permission and the path ../media/ is correct
Put the encription in form
<form method="post" action="index.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"></form>
Check in php.ini file max_execution_time
heavy images are not uploaded due to execution time..
Check in php.ini file max_execution_time heavy images are not uploaded due to execution time..
eg: ;
There is a form with encrypt type or an ajax call? Do you check if the file is sended to the upload script (with a print_r($_FILES["file"]).
If correct, do you have check if the relative path is correct?
You must start from the current script (if file is included you must start from the including script).
Sorry if answer seems simply, but the posted code is a little too short to evaluate.
In your form tag you want something like this
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST">
Make sure enctype is set to multipart/form-data for files. Replace uploader.php with the name of the php file doing the processing. Also make sure your permissions are set so the file can be created in the directory.
Here's a list of possible problems: http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php
Have you checked that the "web server user" has write permissions to "../media" ?
I was having the same problem. I am using ubuntu 18.04 and it was solved when i used this permission command on terminal.
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/target_dir.
->I have apache2 web server and target_dir as Download so replace target_dir as per your destination directory.
Make sure that in your form.. you put the enctype.
move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,"images/".$file_name);
echo "Success
If anyone wounder what's the simplest file php uploader this is the code I test it,
it will upload the file to current folder
IT'S NOT SECURE
This code for learning purpose only, don't upload it to working environment.
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file1" id="file1" />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if ($_FILES["file1"]["error"] > 0) {
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file1"]["error"] . "<br />";
} else {
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file1"]["name"] . "<br />";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file1"]["type"] . "<br />";
echo "Stored file:".$_FILES["file1"]["name"]."<br/>Size:".($_FILES["file1"]["size"]/1024)." kB<br/>";
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file1"]["tmp_name"],dirname(__FILE__).'/'.$_FILES["file1"]["name"]);
}
}
exit ();
?>
credit https://stackoverflow.com/a/15709181/3019002
You need to set the folder permission to 777. otherwise your file won't load
I'm trying to get a basic PHP script up and running where a user uploads a file to the server, and the file is saved to a folder on the server. I am using a HTML form that looks like
<form action="upload_file.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file" size="50000000" />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload" />
</form>
and I have a PHP file saved as upload_file.php that looks like
<?php
$target = "upload/";
$target = $target . basename($_FILES['uploaded']['name']);
$ok = 1;
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded']['tmp_name'], $target)) {
echo "The file " . basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']) . "
has been uploaded";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file.";
}
?>
The issue is that after the file is uploaded, it simply shows the php code. Nothing else occurs, and no image is saved in uploads. I've looked at several tutorials, and none of them seem to mention this. I'm guessing it's glaringly obvious, but I could use some help. The error echo "Sorry... never occurs either.
Thanks.
Quick Note: I'm using Apache to host a local web server.
If it simply shows the php code, then PHP is not running. Verify tha PHP is installed and mod_php5 activated.
http://www.thesitewizard.com/php/install-php-5-apache-windows.shtml
I am uploading an image using an HTML form.
When I get the full path to the image, it outputs something like this:
'/tmp/phpkIv1BY/10259944_770025219687938_1184503840380306483_n.jpg'
but when I go to the /tmp folder, the sub-folder phpkIv1BY doesn't even exist! What's going on here?
Reason for this behaviour
All uploaded files are temporarily stored in the folder location as defined in
(In php.ini)
upload_tmp_dir =
(Read more about this: http://php.net/upload-tmp-dir)
These temporarily stored files are no longer exist after that php script execution(As mentioned in previous answer request life span) finished.
Do the following to view uploaded file while script executing.
upload.html
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload_file.php" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
upload_file.php
<?php
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) {
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br>";
} else {
$fp=fopen("/tmp/write.log","w+");
fputs($fp,"Original Name:".$_FILES["file"]["name"].";temporay Name:".$_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"]."\n");
fclose($fp);
sleep(50000);
}
?>
Upload file by upload.html
In another terminal apply tail in /tmp/write.log after uploading image(Because sleep time is too much so you able to find the image)
#tail -f /tmp/write.log
Copy that temporary file into any place and place the extension of original image file
For example my printed log line is
Original Name:digits.png;temporay Name:/tmp/phpOKlpoK
(Needed to do this with root privilages)
#cp /tmp/phpOKlpoK /home/sandeep/Desktop/file.png
#chown sandeep.sandeep /home/sandeep/Desktop/file.png
So this is the uploaded file that you.
(
Instead of doing all these steps for checking uploaded images you can use move_uploaded_file()
)
I can not find anywhere if PHP might create a temporary folder for temporary uploaded files. But what is certain is that uploaded files are kept temporary and as soon as the request is done, they are removed. So if you think you can find some uploaded file in the /tmp folder, think again.
If you would like some uploaded file to live longer than a request life span, then you need to move it somewhere safe using move_uploaded_file().
You would not believe this fault, I have no idea what's going on. When I try to upload files, some of them refuse to upload.
<html>
<body>
<?php
var_dump($_POST);
if ($_POST['fileadd']){
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
print_r($_POST); echo "<br>"; print_r($_FILES);
}
?>
<form action="" method="POST"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" class="bigtext" style="width: 80%;">
<br>
<input type="submit" class="bigbutton" id="showloader" name="fileadd" value="Upload the song" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here it is in action.
The problem is when it says array 0 which it shouldn't say.
Also, how come when I choose certain files, the $_POST array is nil/zero, when it should at least have fileadd in it, as the name of the submit button?
After seeing full code and conversing with the OP on finding a solution to the problem at hand, have concluded the problem to be the following points:
This:
if ($_POST['fileadd']){
Needed to be changed to:
if(isset($_POST['fileadd']))
in order to check if the Submit button has been set.
Also the upload max size was set too low in accordance with the size of files attempted to be uploaded, using the following in .htaccess to increase it.
php_value upload_max_filesize 48M
php_value post_max_size 48M
You're simply assuming that your code is perfect. It's not. It assumes that file uploads ALWAYS succeed, and doesn't allow for the possibility of failure. You need to have something more like:
if ($_FILES['file']['error'] !== UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
die("File upload failed with error code #" . $_FILES['file']['error']);
}
The error codes are defined here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.errors.php
I have had problems with a simple php script in which I can upload a file to a certain folder. I have tried multiple ways in doing this and I still have not had success.
Any errors in my code or advice on how to correct the issue will be taken gracefully.
Main Php Code:
<p>Browse For a File on your computer to upload it!</p>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload_photos.php" method="POST">
Choose Photo:
<input name="userfile" type="file" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload Photo" />
<?PHP
if ($userfile_size>250000)
{$msg=$msg."Your uploaded file size is more than 250KB so please reduce the file size and then upload.<BR>";
$file_upload="false";}
else{
if (!($userfile_type<>"image/jpeg" OR $userfile_type<>"image/tiff" OR $userfile_type<>"image/png"))
{$msg=$msg."Your uploaded file must be of JPG, PNG, or tiff. Other file types are not allowed<BR>";
$file_upload="false";}
}
?>
</form>
</label>
</form>
Php code that is called upon on click (upload_photos.php)
<?php
$target_path="uploads/";
chmod("uploads/", 0755);
$target_path=$target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
$test=move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path);
if($test) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).
" has been uploaded";
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
var_dump($test);
}
?>
I do not understand why my end results [upon clicking "Upload Files" Button] include only the following results:
"There was an error uploading the file, please try again!bool(false)"
One more thing: I have also tried using the full computer folder path for $target_path and chmod.
Does anybody see what I am doing wrong?
You have <input name="userfile" but then use $_FILES['uploadedfile'] in your script - use one or the other.
Other than that, make sure the chmod worked and the folder is writable.
bool(false) is the output of var_dump($test);, indicating that move_uploaded_file is returning false.
As a basic debugging step, you should try var_dump($_FILES) to make sure you're accessing the right element of that array (I can tell from your code that you aren't, the index will be the name attribute of your <input type="file"/> element).
You have at least one other serious flaw in your logic... The PHP code in your upload form doesn't make any sense. That block of PHP code will execute server-side before the user has ever uploaded a file. It can't possibly work. The two variables you're checking, $userfile_size and $userfile_type, are not defined anywhere.
In my case, I forgot to create a folder where I want to upload. So check once the specified upload path is available or not.