Re: File uploads in PHP

This is a very good tutorial on the subject. http://www.thickbook.com/extra/php_fileupload.phtml Data Driven Design 1506 Tuscaloosa Ave Holly Hill, Florida 32117 http://www.datadrivendesign.com Phone: (386) 226-8979 Websites That WORK For You ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Evil" <drevil@sidereal.kz> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: [PHP] File uploads in PHP > > My PHP script needs to receive some files. I've seen sites which > accept them; they have a Browse button which lets the user select a > file to send. That's what I want to do. > > I have a few questions about this. First of all, this is with > php4.06. Secondly, the files are all going to be images, and not very > large: no more than 50k. > > What's the best way to do this? I notice that PHP can store these > files on disk, but I'm going to be storing them in a DB. I would > rather receive them directly into a PHP variable. Is this possible? > Or should I take them in a file, and then read them back in to a > variable? > > Also, if they need to go into a file, which directory is safest for > this? /tmp contains some important files. And finally, how do I > limit the maximum file size that PHP will accept? > > Thanks > > -- > 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 > >