Can anyone help me with this problem(uploads via a form)?

I'm having a problem with file uploads via a HTML form. I've no luck getting it to work. After a bit of research I think I've determined that the problem lies with my host having safe mode enabled and setting a open_basedir that is outside my scope. Here is my upload test page which is a direct lift from the php.net manual on file uploads(file size is limited to something like 10000): http://www.logicalsystem.com/testup.php Things I've done to attempt a work around: 1) Creating a directory and giving it chmod 777 permissions. (Didn't work) 2) Tried using fread/fopen. (Nope) 3) Praying to the PHP gods. (They haven't listened to me yet) Can't anyone provide any suggestions on how to work around this? I can provide more information if required, code, phpinfo() output, etc. Thanks! Jack