Re: Subject: Uploads Question with mySQL

Hi, What goes wrong if you receive the message: permission denied... when you use copy($source,$destination) to store the uploaded file? Johan Neil Smith <neil@fresh-toast.uklinux.net> schreef in berichtnieuws 5.2.0.9.0.20030413150504.00a86388@mail.uklinux.net... > Glad you chose to put the AVI into a directory not into BLOBs on the > database !! > > What have you tried at present, and how big do you expect the uploaded > files to be ? I would personally suggest you get users to upload .wmv or > .rm rather than uncompressed AVI , to save on both upload and download time > for users (assuming you want the AVIs to be visible to other users than > yourself). The encoding tools are free and simple to use. > > This will also limit certain problems becoming apparent, such as script > timeouts (normally set at 30 seconds - can be changed), and > upload_max_filesize restrictions (normally 2-10 meg, can be changed). > > 10 Meg is still a lot of data - even on ADSL many people only get 128kbps > upload speed, so you're looking practically at 10-12KB per sec, therefore > 10 Meg = 15-20 mins upload time. Compress those files by factor of 10-20 > say for windows media or real player and you're in more reasonable > territory 1-2 mins on DSL, and about 10-20 on modems. > > Regarding file uploads, the parameters are stored in the $_FILES variable. > Don't forget to set a form method="post" and > enctype="multipart/form-data" > to send files to the server. > > You can find out some interesting things by interrogating the $_FILES array > such as : > > $_FILES["video"]["tmp_name"] // Temp name as stored by the web server > $_FILES["video"]["type"] // Mime type of the uploaded file eg video/avi > $_FILES["video"]["name"] // Actual filename entered on the file > upload form > $_FILES["video"]["size"] // Size in bytes, of the attempted upload > > Hope that helps - Regards, > > Neil Smith. > > At 03:33 13/04/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Now I can get all those details in to the mySQL database fine, what I want > >to do is > >have the user upload a short .avi file (under 10mb) with those details and > >to have them > >stored in the folder d:\movies on the server. There will also be a preview > >version of each > >.avi at about 30secs long that will need to be uploaded to the same > >directory. > > > >Once the movie is uploaded I need to have the directory and file name stored > >in the mysql database > >under preview and fullmov. > > > >Any help? > > > >Thanks > > > >- inpho - >