RE: [PHP] Uploading files

use assoc. arrays, please. your code will be *much* easier to maintain and extend. variables-of-variables are headaches for everyone involved. $location = $input_form[$i]; > -----Original Message----- > From: David A Castillo [mailto:outpost7@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:41 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Uploading files > > > Okay, I'm absolutely certain that there's a simple solution to my problem, > but my forehead is getting sore from banging it against the wall, so I > thought I'd pick y'all's brains. > > I'm using a form to upload a number of files named $input_form_$i where $i > is from 0 to 5 and the following is my code: > > for ($i = 0; $i<=5; $i++){ > > $l = "input_form_$i"; > $location = $$l; > > move_uploaded_file($location, "$upload_path/$location_name"); > > } > with that, I get the following warnings: > > Warning: Unable to create '/': Invalid argument in [php file running > program] on line 64 > > Warning: Unable to move '/var/tmp//php9Uai9S' to '/' in [php file running > program] on line 64 > /var/tmp//php9Uai9S not loadable > > Funny thing is another page that doesn't use the $$l method to dynamically > grab variable names (just uses a static variable name) works totally fine > with essentially the same code. > > FYI: The form type is "multipart/form-data" and the input fields are set to > "file" so I have no idea what's going wrong. Any thoughts? > > David Castillo > Application Systems Analyst > Human Resources Department > Northern Arizona University > outpost7@hotmail.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >