#21908 [Com]: File upload problems beginning in 4.3.0

ID: 21908 Comment by: evatckovacs@netscape.net Reported By: fn@panix.com Status: Open Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: NetBSD-1.5.2 PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: hi - i set the file upload dir but the problem is still happening and seems to be a little different. my filename variable does not get passed over in the post when in the same php program. i have not tried an html that calls a standalone php yet, but the $afile variable below holds nothing when you output contents while $crud does. maybe $_POST is not valid for filenames? or? should i just write email directly to someone? i promise i've looked at all the docs and grovelled for help locally. thank you. evatc Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-03 13:36:48] fn@panix.com The problem for me was that upload_tmp_dir did not need to be set in 4.2.3. By default, it used /tmp. Now if it isn't set, nothing happens. However, now that it is set in the php.ini everything is working again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-03 13:32:40] evatckovacs@netscape.net Hello. I am also finding this error. I am actually running on Linux but everything else is the same version. this is kind of stolen out of the wrox book. the variable $afile is empty but $crud gets passed over just fine. am i referring to it incorrectly? this is making me nuts and i have an enduser crawling on me to get his scripts fixed. please help. thank you [kovacs@darth eva]$ more cispt1test.php <? function upload_form() { global $phpself; $phpself = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; print "<form name='formtest' method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='$phpself'>"; print "<input type='hidden' name='action' value='upload'>"; print "<input type='file' name='afile'>"; print "<input type='text' name='crud'>"; print "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='upload'>"; print "<input type='reset' name='reset' value='reset'>"; print "</form>"; } function upload_file() { global $afile; error_reporting(E_ALL); $afile = $_POST["afile"]; $crud = $_POST["crud"]; print "some stuff"; print "$afile $crud"; if (!@copy($afile,"/tmp/crud")) die ("Can't upload"); var_dump($_FILES); } ?> <html> <head><title>test</title> <meta http-equiv = "Content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <? $action = $_POST["action"]; print "action = $action"; if ($action == 'upload') upload_file(); else upload_form(); ?> </body></html> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-03 07:29:34] sniper@php.net Please try this script: <form method="post" action="upload.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type="file" name="portrait"> <input type="submit"> </form> <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); var_dump($_FILES); ?> If $_FILES array is empty after submit and no errors are given, try this script: <?php phpinfo(); ?> And check the file upload related settings from the output: post_max_size file_uploads upload_tmp_dir upload_max_filesize Also check your Apache error_log for any errors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-31 09:21:27] arkadi@it.lv I also expirienced this problem. In my case I had "file_uploads = Off" in php.ini and then "php_flag file_uploads on" for every virtual host that require upload. That works perfectly in 4.2.3. According to phpinfo() setting private flag have no effect for this option in 4.3.0. I was forced to enable file uploads on system level in php.ini to solve the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-29 09:34:37] fn@panix.com We are running both the apache module and the cgi. The problem is present in both. However, it was not present in 4.2.3 (both the apache module and the standalone version). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/21908 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21908&edit=1