[SOLVED] move_uploaded_file problem

[Japheth]

Basically, move_uploaded file returns false, but the error code is 0.

 

I have confirmed that the uploaded file is being copied to /tmp because I can read data from it with fopen and fread. The reason I want to use move_uploaded_file is so I can store it and access it later on.

 

Furthermore, I tried changing the default tmp directory to the document root (/var/www/html) and phpinfo() correctly reflects the changes, but $_FILES['datafile']['tmp_name'] still returns /tmp/longTempName

 

I also tried changing the permissions of the temp file to 777 (I think it was 600 when it was first downloaded) and I successfully changed them, but I still couldn't copy the file.

 

phpinfo() says that my php build is not a debug build. Does this mean there's no way to get error messages from php without rebuilding it? (I installed php from a package) The reason I'm asking is because the error messages might shed some more light on my problem.

 

Fedora Core 7, PHP 5.2.6, Apache, SAFE_MODE = Off

 

I have root access to the machine.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[gizmola]

The PHP manual says that move_uploaded_file() will issue a warning with some more info when the file can't be moved.  I think you're on the right track in thinking it's a permissions problem, probably of the directory where you are trying to write it, although you didn't provide your code snippet, and you could have a problem with your destination file path.

 

Are you running php as fastcgi or as mod_php?  If mod_php then the user that needs the permissions to rw to the destination directory is the user that apache runs as.

 

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Turn on full php error reporting to get php to help you with any detectable errors it finds. Add the following two lines after your first opening <?php tag -

 

ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);

[Japheth]

Putting those two lines in revealed that the problem was indeed permissions and a simple chmod of the destination made everything work correctly. Thanks to both of you.