TimString

OK. With a sufficiently narrow Google query, I found the answer. Should anyone come along to read this thread, here's the code I borrowed that worked: <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="ImportTOA.php" method="POST" accept="text/csv"> <!-- MAX_FILE_SIZE must precede the file input field --> <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="30000" /> <!-- Name of input element determines name in $_FILES array --> Upload Daily TOA Logs: <br /><input name="userfile" type="file" onChange = "this.form.submit()" /> </form>

Sorry, I did not mention at all what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm not trying to upload a file. There are many tutorials on that. All I need is to pass a file name from the form to my php action script, and let the script fold, spindle, and mutilate that file to put it into a MySQL database. The form calls up the file dialog, but doesn't pass the file name that is selected.

No, I never said that localhost was a folder. localhost is the root directory of my website, the same as 127.0.0.1. Every URL I have ever seen starts with the root directory. i.e. www.micro$oft.com, www.apple.com. If you were to go to my website across the wide expanse of the web, you'd get www.thissiteislocked.com/index.html which is nothing more than two links leading to two different folders. Or, you'd get the same results with 74.??.###.95. In other words, you'd end up with www.thissiteislocked.com/dispatchreports/index.php . Since the index.php or index.html files are at the root level of the web address and are what the web is looking for one or the other when a site is browsed, they can be left out. The folder I'm trying to write to is www.thissiteislocked.com/dispatchreports/dispatchreportsfolder/ . Since I am not going across the internet to get to my site, the URL I have to use is localhost/dispatchreports. I tried that earlier per your suggestion and it didn't work then. I also tried "Library:WebServer:Documents:DispatchReports:DispatchReportsfolder:", which is the pathname that Mac and unix boxes use, with the same results. The problem is not in the path itself. I have tried several path names, and I am told that I don't have write permissions to my folder. I have had a trap that looks to see if the last folder exists, and now, the directory folder already exists and the trap is not triggered. I have no idea why the php script will write to 'localhost/dispatchreports', and not to 'localhost/dispatchreports/dispatchreportsfolder' when both have identical permissions. I have even tried the evil "everyone read/write". From what research I have done lately, the problem lies in Apache. I have tried several "solutions" and none work. I was hoping that someone here has had the same problem.

The absolute path to this directory is /Library/WebServer/Documents/DispatchReports. In other words, localhost/dispatchreports. How does this exercise help me?

localhost/ is the equivalent to www.whereshallwego.org/ and is a valid starting point. With that said, I have tried all sorts of path designations including '/DispatchReportFolder/' and '/DispatchReports/DispatchReportFolder/ but none work.

I have tried both ways. The first thing in the routine is if the folder doesn't exist, create it. The mkdir command does not do anything. If I create the folder in Finder, I get the same results. Yes, localhost is usually the root web server

I have these lines in a php script: passthru("whoami"); $tims_path = "localhost/DispatchReports/DispatchReportsFolder"; if ( !file_exists($tims_path) ) { mkdir ($tims_path, 0777); } if (is_dir($tims_path)) { die( "timstring, you cannot use fopen on a directory path." ); } //if the path is a directory and you want to put a new file there, you'll need to first check if it is writable: if (!is_writable($tims_path)) { die("timstring, " . $tims_path . " is not writable so you will not be able to write anything to it"); } $FileName = $tims_path . $System . ' ' . $EndMO . '.csv'; $fh = fopen($FileName, "w"); No matter how I write tims_path, mkdir won't create the folder. if I create the folder in finder, if (!is_writable($tims_path)) returns that the folder is not writeable. I have tried many many many combinations of permissions on the target folder and nothing has worked. HELP!! tim

I have a session variable named 'ticktock'. I need to have ticktock set to "" at the top of the last page in the chain. I have this code at the top of the first page: <?php session_name("PassTech"); session_start(); session_destroy(); ?> This is the code I have in the last page: <?php session_name("PassTech"); session_start(); unset($_SESSION['ticktock']); ?> No matter what I've tried, ticktock won't reset. What's going on? tim "If builders built buildings the way that programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would wreck civilization."

yes, my table tag is closed. However, your suggestion worked. tyvm, tim

Barand, that didn't work, or I have misunderstood you. Here's a link to my site:http://bryanrails.zapto.org/rails use 41146 as the tech number and the password is "test" When you get to the Enter Display Channel, pull the drop-down menu to Bryan, TX and enter 69 in the top box. thanks for the help tim

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Yes, it is tabular data generated by a PHP script and setting both columns to 50% didn't help. I did manage to get a screen shot posted thanks for the reply

I have a simple php table of two columns. The left column is aligned right, and the second one is aligned left. For some reason or another, I can't post a screen shot. How do I get the space between those two columns aligned with the center of the page? Here's the code for the first row: echo "<table border = 0 width = 100%"; echo "<tr>"; echo "<td style='text-align:right; padding:3px 3px 0px 3px; Border:2px; font:15px Arial, sans-serif'>System:</td>"; //top right bottom left echo "<td style='text-align:left; padding:3px 3px 0px 3px; font:15px Arial, sans-serif'>" . $System . "</td>"; echo "</tr>";