Upload redirection

Ross · February 25th, 2007, 10:43 AM

Hi,

Basically I am using a very basic upload script, so that a friend can upload to my server. I have protected the script by a simple .htaccess file.

The code I am using is as follow: -

Number of upload holders

Code:

<title>Upload</title>
<html>
<head>
<title># of Files to Upload</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="uploadForm2.php">
  <p>Enter the amount of boxes you will need below. Max = 5.</p>
  <p>
    <input name="uploadNeed" type="text" id="uploadNeed" maxlength="1">
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
  </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

File selector

Code:

<title>Upload</title>
<html>
<head>
<title># of Files to Upload</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="uploadForm2.php">
  <p>Enter the amount of boxes you will need below. Max = 5.</p>
  <p>
    <input name="uploadNeed" type="text" id="uploadNeed" maxlength="1">
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
  </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Processing file

Code:

<?
$uploadNeed = $_POST['uploadNeed'];
// start for loop
for($x=0;$x<$uploadNeed;$x++){
$file_name = $_FILES['uploadFile'. $x]['name'];
// strip file_name of slashes
$file_name = stripslashes($file_name);
$file_name = str_replace("'","",$file_name);
$copy = copy($_FILES['uploadFile'. $x]['tmp_name'],$file_name);
 // check if successfully copied
 if($copy){
 echo "$file_name | uploaded sucessfully!<br>";
 }else{
 echo "$file_name | could not be uploaded!<br>";
 }
} // end of loop
?>

Is there anyway of redirecting the uploaded file to another file, rather than the directory that stores the .php upload script?

Edit :- Sorry I just noticed this is in the wrong forum

Thanks in advance,

Ross

Ryan Fait · February 25th, 2007, 07:12 PM

Moved to the PHP forum for you. I'm a little confused. What do you mean by "redirecting the uploaded file to another file?" Like overwriting?

Accurax · February 26th, 2007, 05:54 AM

When you first upload a file using php, it is automatically stored in a temp directory within your directory structure.

However, it cant really be used form this location, so it is normal to "move" the file to a permanent storage location, and in some cases re-name it at the same time.

Is this what your looking to do?

Ross · February 26th, 2007, 05:59 AM

Hi, thanks for your replies.

I just read it back, and it's not clear at all ha.

Basically,

The upload script would be in on my server

/file/file2

but I was wondering if it would be possible to send the file to

/file1/

On my server because I need to keep the upload area secured but I need the files to be moved into a different file as they will be linked up to be downloaded.

Thanks,

Ross

Ryan Fait · February 26th, 2007, 06:41 AM

Yeah, that's possible. I would recommend using the FTP uploading functions, though. They're much easier to use and you don't need to worry about chmod settings and temporary files.

http://php.net/ftp

Ross · February 26th, 2007, 10:11 AM

Cheers Ryan, I will give it ago when I get home.

Ryan Fait · February 26th, 2007, 06:37 PM

Oh, specifically ftp_put.

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-put.php

There's a nice example there

Ross · February 28th, 2007, 08:29 AM

Thanks Ryan for those, I haven't got around to trying them yet, but I will post when I get it working (and someone hijacks my server due to it and stores porn on it, because I mucked it up

).

Have a great day,

Ross

Ryan Fait · February 28th, 2007, 08:32 PM

Haha, hopefully that won't happen, but if it does, free porn! Woohoo!