RE: [PHP] Upload Problem

The way file uploads work is this: When a file is uploaded the variable that is defined in the HTML Form represents the file pointer. So in your case $userfile is the location of the file in the tmp dir. One of the neat things about a file upload is that PHP gives you other info about the file by default. $userfile_name is the filename defined by the user (the original filename on the users computer) $userfile_size is the size of the file $userfile_type is the mime type of the uploaded file What you want to do is this: $timestamp = time(); $image= $timestamp.$userfile_name; //gives the file a unique name exec("mv $userfile /path/to/your/html/dir/$image"); //moves the file into your webspace A word of caution... While file uploads are great you need to include some sort of checking to make sure people are not uploading malicious code such as a PHP script that could take the passwd file and e-mail to themselves... HTH Tom Walsh > > I'm working on getting a standard upload script to work, but am having > problems renaming the temporary file. I get this error: > > Warning: Rename failed (Invalid cross-device link) > > The value of the temporary file was: > /tmp/php16419aaa > > The final name was supposed to be: > nnamer.html > > and the code used to rename is: > rename($userfile, $userfile_name); >