[SOLVED] move_uploaded_file errors

[ratcateme]

I have a script with this line.

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'letters/'.$id.'.html');

i can output the id number file and the error shows it knows the id number my letters directory is 777

but i get this error

Warning: move_uploaded_file(letters/4.html) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/news.inc on line 34

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/php7lQTBL' to 'letters/4.html' in /var/www/html/news.inc on line 34

 

i have tried to use full paths and other things but nothing worked

 

Please help

 

Thanks Scott.

[toplay]

Check that it uploaded first before trying to move it:

 

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.is-uploaded-file.php

 

See:

 

http://us.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

 

[ratcateme]

i changed my code to

if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])){
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'letters/'.$id.'.html');
}else{
echo 'Not uploaded';
}

but i got the same error so my is_uploaded_file returns true

my $_FILES array is

Array
(
    [file] => Array
        (
            [name] => Untitled-1.html
            [type] => text/html
            [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpAmS6tC
            [error] => 0
            [size] => 344
        )

)

 

Thanks Scott.

[toplay]

I don't know your directory structure, but if letters is in the current directory the script is in you might want to use:

 

'./letters/' . $id . '.html'

 

or start the filename with a letter: './letters/a' . $id . '.html'

 

[ratcateme]

thanks for the help

my letters directory is in the same as my script i tried your suggestions

changing my code to

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'./letters/'.$id.'.html');

and to

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'letters/a'.$id.'.html');

and

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'./letters/a'.$id.'.html');

But got nothing

i have an image upload script in the same directory that uploads file to a different directory and it works fine

 

Scott. 

[ratcateme]

i put this in my script before the move_uploaded_file

$last_line = system('ls -Z /tmp', $retval);
echo $retval;
echo $last_line;
echo '</pre>';

and got this

-rw-------  apache apache                                  phpStXMhI
0-rw-------  apache apache                                  phpStXMhI

the file name is the same as the one in the error message

 

Scott.

[priti]

hi,

 

please give write access to your folder.Check weather user which is listed there can write the file in that folder or not?

 

Regards

[ratcateme]

priti i used "ls -Z"

and the letters line says

drwxrwxrwx  root   root   root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 letters

 

so the directory is world writable i chmod it to 777 yesterday

 

Scott.

 

 

[priti]

priti i used "ls -Z"

and the letters line says

drwxrwxrwx  root   root   root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 letters

 

so the directory is world writable i chmod it to 777 yesterday

 

Scott.

 

 

oops sorry ,

then please try

 

$copy_to_file='letters/a'.$id.'html';

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],$copy_to_file);

 

Regards

 

[adam291086]

you need to define the absolute directory path

 

try something like this

 

add this to the top of your code as it defines the destination

 

$path = dirname(__FILE__)."/letters/";

 

then change

 

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],'letters/'.$id.'.html');

 

 

to

 

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],$path.$id.'.html');

 

if that doesn't work show me your whole code and the errors

[ratcateme]

Thanks Adam

That worked i didn't wont to use full paths because i am planing to move to a hosting company

but dirname(__FILE__) works perfectly

 

Thanks Scott.

[adam291086]

yeah dirname(__FILE__) will return the root destination.

[ratcateme]

I just worked out that dirname(__FILE__) can actually fix a few things on my site