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Issue with uploading files

Jul 17th, 2009

Hi,

I am trying to write an upload script and everytime i try and upload a file it will give me an error.

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/home/******/public_html/dw/uploads) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in /home/******/public_html/dw/upload2.php on line 3

I have checked that the folder is there as the error suggests that it is not there but it is definately there.

My code is as follows

upload1.php

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
	<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="upload2.php">
    	Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /><br  />
        <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
	<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="upload2.php">
    	Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /><br  />
        <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

and upload2.php

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<?php
 
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>
<?php
					
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>

Last edited by leviathan185; Jul 17th, 2009 at 11:20 am. Reason: Tags.... lol

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Re: Issue with uploading files

Jul 17th, 2009

I've experienced an error message similar to this when dealing with the file system. At the time I had the problem, the solution came in the form of checking the folder permissions to be sure the proper write access existed.

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Re: Issue with uploading files

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Originally Posted by jcacquiescent27

I've experienced an error message similar to this when dealing with the file system. At the time I had the problem, the solution came in the form of checking the folder permissions to be sure the proper write access existed.

Yeah I did check that as well. The folder I am trying to upload to has 0777 (Full Access).

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Re: Issue with uploading files

Jul 18th, 2009

check weather the path given is correct or not.folder permissions are set automatically.

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Originally Posted by praghna

check weather the path given is correct or not.folder permissions are set automatically.

I have also tried using the following for makng sure the path is correct.

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$thisDir = getcwd();
$sveToDir = $thisDir ."/uploads";
 
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "$saveToDir")) {		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";	} else {		print "Upload Failed";	}
$thisDir = getcwd();
$sveToDir = $thisDir ."/uploads";

	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "$saveToDir")) {		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";	} else {		print "Upload Failed";	}

Last edited by leviathan185; Jul 18th, 2009 at 3:36 am. Reason: tags

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Re: Issue with uploading files

Jul 19th, 2009

Try making a path relative to your script like the following:

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<?php
 
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "uploads/")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>
<?php
					
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "uploads/")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>

Also you can try this altered version:

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<?php
 
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads/")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>
<?php
					
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads/")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>

Just note that there needs to be a slash at the end of the path.

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Re: Issue with uploading files

Jul 19th, 2009

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Originally Posted by cwarn23

Try making a path relative to your script like the following:
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<?php
 
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "uploads/")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>
<?php if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "uploads/")) { print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}"; } else { print "Upload Failed"; } ?>
Also you can try this altered version:
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php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
<?php
 
	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads/")) {
		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
	} else {
		print "Upload Failed";
	}
?>
<?php if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads/")) { print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}"; } else { print "Upload Failed"; } ?>
Just note that there needs to be a slash at the end of the path.

even with the / at the end this is still giving me the same thing. i have contacted my server support and they advsied that the permissions need to be set to 775 as they do not allow 777 access. so i now know that the permissions are correct.

at this point if i use the full path it says its not there
if i use "/uploads/" it says permission denied

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Re: Issue with uploading files

Jul 20th, 2009

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if i use "/uploads/" it says permission denied

That refers to the root when it begins with a slash. So try removing the slash at the beginning so it looks like "uploads/" just like in my sample code.

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Originally Posted by cwarn23

That refers to the root when it begins with a slash. So try removing the slash at the beginning so it looks like "uploads/" just like in my sample code.

even with out the / at the start is is giving:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(uploads/) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in /home/alanhuno/public_html/upload2.php on line 2

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/var/tmp/phpIfPXPI' to 'uploads/' in /home/alanhuno/public_html/upload2.php on line 2
Upload Failed

i even moved all the files to the root folder to see if that would work.

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Re: Issue with uploading files

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Jul 20th, 2009

the form to upload the file is

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="upload2.php">
    Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /><br />
    <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form> 
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="upload2.php">
    Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /><br />
    <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form> 
</body>
</html>