How would i upload file using ftp and php?

[Liquid Fire]

how would I go about using the ftp commands in php to upload file through a script?

[btherl]

There are some example here: http://sg.php.net/manual/en/ref.ftp.php

[Liquid Fire]

well i do that and when i run the script from the live server i get this error:

Warning: ftp_put(c:/test.gif) [function.ftp-put]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.ornate/kdiadmin/kaizendigital.com/wowguild/includes/ftp.php on line 134

Now When I run the file on my local machine the file get uploaded to the live server like it should and the file does exist on my machine at c:\test.gif.  The only thin gi can think of is that the script is looking for c:\test.gif on the machine the server is running from and if not then what do i have to do different to get it to work on the live server becuase if work great when i run it on my machine on my localhost.

[doni49]

what's your code look like?

[Liquid Fire]

[code]
$upload_file_path = $_POST["filedirectory"] . $_POST["filename"];
if($ftp->UploadFile($upload_file_path, $_POST["filename"], FTP_TEXT))
{
    print("Image Uploaded.");
}
else
{
    print("Could not upload image.");
}
[/code]
[code]
public function UploadFile($local_file_path, $server_file_path, $file_type)
{
if(ftp_put($this->GetFTPConnection(), $server_file_path, $local_file_path, $file_type))
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
[/code]

that is all the code you need to know that deals with my problem.

[Liquid Fire]

anyone see anything wrong with that code.

[Kelset]

Just a quick stab in the dark here and I'm new but should this line contain the filename?

[code]
$upload_file_path = $_POST["filedirectory"] . $_POST["filename"];
[/code]

The path for the file to be uploaded should not have the file name in it right? not sure

Cheers!
Stephen

[Liquid Fire]

If you read my code you would notice the the $upload_file_path is the path to the file that is being uploaded.  And according to this http://sg.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-put.php, you do need the file name for the file on the server. 

Anyone else see anything wrong?

Does ftp_put look for the file on the machine the script is running on( as in the server machine ) or the machine that is accessing the script( as in the user-end machine, which is where the file is located )?

[doni49]

Try the following as a troubleshooting tool (it's only temporary):
[code]
$upload_file_path = $_POST["filedirectory"] . $_POST["filename"];
echo "<br />Upload File Path:  " . $upload_file_path;          //    <--Add this line and re-run the script.  See if anything looks odd.
if($ftp->UploadFile($upload_file_path, $_POST["filename"], FTP_TEXT))
[/code]

[Liquid Fire]

the output from that is:
Upload File Path: c:/test.gif
or
Upload File Path: c:\test.gif

[Liquid Fire]

does that help you any?

[doni49]

No it doesn't.  That line of code will only post one or the other--not both.

I haven't used PHP on windows so I can only assume it follows the windows standard, but windows will NOT understand what c:/test.gif is.  If you're really passing that as your file name/path, then that might very well be your problem.

Then when it can't find the file, you get FALSE as your test value.

[doni49]

P.S. if you're having trouble dealing with having a back slash in the form field, try [b]add_slashes($_POST["filedirectory"]);[/b]

[Liquid Fire]

The server is unix, the livwe one and my localhost test server is windows.  when i run the script on my test server,, c:/ or c:\ works and the file gets uploaded but when i run it from my live server, neither works.  the thing that confuses me is that is works on my test server and not on my live server.  the error message i get on the live server is:

Warning: ftp_put(c:\test.gif) [function.ftp-put]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.ornate/kdiadmin/kaizendigital.com/wowguild/includes/ftp.php on line 134
Could not upload image.

What that tells me is that is can't find the file which make me to believe that it is not looking on my computer for the file, which is where it is, but it is looking for c:\test.gif on the server machine at the hosting company.  what does that error tell you?

[Liquid Fire]

anyone else with any light to shine on my problem?

[Liquid Fire]

well since it is impossible, or atleast no one here knows hwo to, how can i upload file with using php ftp commands.