[SOLVED] image upload breaks when on live server.

[YourNameHere]

Ok, in development, this worked just fine. I can see why but not the exact reason. In this script, to find the directory to upload to it uses (relative paths, i think is the term).

 

the culprit...

 

// Uploads folder name
$folder = $_POST['folder'] . "/";

// make a note of the current working directory, relative to root.
$directory_self = str_replace(basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

// make a note of the directory that will recieve the uploaded files
$uploadsDirectory = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $directory_self . $folder;

// make a note of the location of the upload form in case we need it
$uploadForm = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $directory_self . 'upload.form.php';

// make a note of the location of the success page
$uploadSuccess = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $directory_self . 'index.php?g=success';

// name of the fieldname used for the file in the HTML form
$fieldname = 'file';



// Now let's deal with the upload

// possible PHP upload errors
$errors = array(1 => 'php.ini max file size exceeded', 
                2 => 'html form max file size exceeded', 
                3 => 'file upload was only partial', 
                4 => 'no file was attached');

// check the upload form was actually submitted else print form
isset($_POST['submit'])
or error('the upload form is neaded', $uploadForm);

// check for standard uploading errors
($_FILES[$fieldname]['error'] == 0)
or error($errors[$_FILES[$fieldname]['error']], $uploadForm);

// check that the file we are working on really was an HTTP upload
@is_uploaded_file($_FILES[$fieldname]['tmp_name'])
or error('not an HTTP upload', $uploadForm);

// validation... since this is an image upload script we 
// should run a check to make sure the upload is an image
@getimagesize($_FILES[$fieldname]['tmp_name'])
or error('only image uploads are allowed', $uploadForm);

// make a unique filename for the uploaded file and check it is 
// not taken... if it is keep trying until we find a vacant one
$now = time();
while(file_exists($uploadFilename = $uploadsDirectory.$now.'-'.$_FILES[$fieldname]['name']))
{
$now++;
}

// now let's move the file to its final and allocate it with the new filename
@move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$fieldname]['tmp_name'], $uploadFilename)
or error('receiving directory insuffiecient permission', $uploadForm);

 

The issue is the $uploadsDirectory variable and more specifically the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] variable.

 

this is the error it gives...

 

PHP Error Message

 

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/admin/landscapes/HR/1251099102-verification_seal.gif) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/a5584074/public_html/admin/upload.processor.php on line 55

 

Upload failure

An error has occured: receiving directory insuffiecient permission... The upload form is reloading

 

I contacted the server helpdesk to see if there was a restriction on that method but ofc they said the only reason I would get that error is if it is pointing to a directory that is not in my account.

This is simply not the case, and in fact, all of the directories and file in the account were CHMODed to 777. I thought that might be the issue. No dice.

 

So my only conclusion is the $uploadsDirectory is pointing to something other than root/public_html/...path_to_dir

 

is there a better way to point to the directory i need?

 

If I am way off the mark then tell me.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Yes, but did you inform your web host that $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is not returning the proper value for your account, which should be - /home/a5584074/public_html It is apparently returning - /usr/local/apache/htdocs

 

Some web hosts don't setup virtual hosts correctly.

 

In the meantime, you can set $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to the proper value at the start of your script (it is just a variable.)

[YourNameHere]

That seems too obvious and too easy. lol

 

Is is just as simple as

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = "/home/a5584074/public_html";

 

or would I need an absolute path?

[YourNameHere]

Thank you so much that worked.

 

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = "DESIRED_PATH";

 

was the key and it was an improper server configuration.

Thanks again.