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File Upload Issue

Hi guys,

I have this script to upload a file:

<?php
      $target_path = "uploads/";

      $target = $target_path.basename($_FILES['imagepath']['name']);
      move_uploaded_file($_FILES['imagepath']['tmp_name'], $target);
?>

It works fine with a file like WeddingPhoto.jpg, but it doesn't work with a file like DSC_0480pp.jpg. Why can that be? Thanks.

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glcummins

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exoska

well if it worked for one, other should work . i d tried on 2 different servers.
2 reasons are possible

first , and most probably file size is too big for the upload ( it is set and can be changed from php.ini of the server, just create a info.php and put this <?php phpinfo(); ?> and check the upload limit ..

second you might already have uploaded some file with the same name. and it cant overwrite it for security reasons.

raja_ind82

upload.php
--------------------
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />
Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>

Uploader.php
-----------------
<?
$target_path = "images/";

$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).
" has been uploaded";
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}
?>

Please check this code with your files and let me know

Regards,
M.Raja

Yury Merezhkov

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It gives me no error, but the file doesn't get uploaded. DSC_0480pp.jpg is 2.5 Mb, while WeddingPhoto.jpg is about 500 Kb. Can it be happening because of the large size?

glcummins

I see that you added some error reporting. When you originally posted, was the script failing silently, or was a PHP error being produced?

What is the upload size limit in the php.ini file? I see that you have a MAX_FILE_SIZE specified in your form, but that does not override any maximum value set in php.ini. Specifically, we need to know the value of 'upload_max_filesize = ', and the size of 'DSC_0480pp.jpg'.

Yury Merezhkov

ASKER

Oh I know what the issue was. I changed upload_max_filesize in php.ini to 10M and everything works now. glcummins, thanks for mentioning the size issue. glcummins gets the points since he was first to mention the size.