Re: Upload dir

2009/12/11 Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:44 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote: > > 2009/12/11 kranthi <kranthi117@gmail.com>: > > How can i change the temporary upload directory? > > var_dump(ini_get('upload_tmp_dir'));      gives me (and that is set in > > php.ini) > > string '/var/www/cgi-bin' (length=16) > > > > but > > var_dump($_FILES)                                                 > >     gives me > > 'tmp_name' => string '/tmp/phpbSZ6WP' (length=14) > > > > var_dump(file_exists($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']));  gives me  (/tmp > > has permissions drwxrwxrwt and i never used file_move_upload or any > > similar functions) > > boolean false > > > > am I missing something here? > > Kranthi. > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > Just assuming you could alter the upload_tmp_dir setting in your code > (you can't) ... > > PHP puts the uploaded files into the upload_tmp_dir BEFORE your script > runs, so changing it in your script essentially hides the uploaded > files. > > PHP drops the files into directory A. > PHP then runs your code. > Your code changes the directory to B. > Your code cannot see the files PHP put into A as your code is now looking in B. > > But, as I said earlier, you can't use your code to change > upload_tmp_dir. It can only be done at the system level (php.ini or > httpd.conf). See [1] and [2]. > > Regards, > > Richard Quadling. > > [1] > http://docs.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.sect.file-uploads > [2] > http://docs.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.modes.php > > -- > ----- > Richard Quadling > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html > Zend Certified Engineer : > http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling > > > The only reason I can see for wanting to do this would be where several sites exist on the same > server and you might want each site to have its own temporary upload directory. It won't have > any bearing on how you handle the uploads unless it becomes full. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > Another way to handle this is via php.ini sections [1] Regards, Richard. [1] http://docs.php.net/manual/en/ini.sections.php -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling