Re: WHY does file upload work only on local server

"helmut ott" <haott@freenet.de> wrote... > I have a file input field and enter the local file path of the image > to be uploaded, e.g. c:/images/image1.jpg. > > When I submit the form the script replies : > Warning: Unable to open 'c:\images\image1.jpg for reading > > So how can I make the server (apache/unix) read the file in the > local source-directory and then upload it You don't. The _server_ does not read the local file - how could it? The _web_browser_ reads the local file and uploads it as part of the POST data when the form is submitted. The file ends up in a temporary directory on the server. The script on the server should open this temporary file and move/rename it as appropriate. $userfile contains the name of the temporary file. http://www.php.net/manual/features.file-upload.php