lucan Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I am looking to upload an image or pdf file to my server an with this upload script below. It works well and uploads the images and the pdf file but for some reason i can open the image and view it but not the pdf file can someone please let me know why this is happening and show me what changes i need to make to get the script to work as i'm very new to PHP . thanks <?php $target = "images/"; $target = $target . basename( $_FILES['image']['name']); $company=$_POST['company']; $image=($_FILES['image']['name']); mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or die(mysql_error()) ; mysql_select_db("testupload") or die(mysql_error()) ; mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (company, image) VALUES ('$company', '$image')") ; if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $target)) { echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been uploaded, and your information has been added to the directory"; } else { echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file."; } ?> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/229682-upload-image-or-pdf-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmartiny Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 It looks like you are only trying to upload an image file. DO you get an error message when you try and open the PDF? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/229682-upload-image-or-pdf-help/#findComment-1183286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucan Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 No error message : the file does load to the folder but i just can't view pdf file Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/229682-upload-image-or-pdf-help/#findComment-1183287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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