I am relatively new to PHP, and am working on a website which should accept functionality for when user's upload pdf, doc, or docx files. I was able to look up code online and see what the html form looks like (not my code, as I am simply trying to see if bare functionality for uploading works right now) and also the code for processing the upload. I will put the codes below, and I don't think there's anything wrong with the code itself, but maybe something to do with permissions for the directory I'm uploading the files to. Note: question might be too long, skip to end for clear question and to see what I've tried so far)
Here is the HTML (sample.php) for the form:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="docs.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select document to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Document" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here is the PHP code (docs.php) that is used to upload the file to the specified directory:
<?php
$target_dir = "../../UPLOADS/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$documentFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
// Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$check = filesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]);
if($check > 0) {
echo "File is a document";
$uploadOk = 1;
} else {
echo "File is not a document.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
}
// Check if file already exists
if (file_exists($target_file)) {
echo "Sorry, file already exists.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check file size
if ($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["size"] > 100000000) {
echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Allow certain file formats
if($documentFileType != "pdf" && $documentFileType != "doc" &&
$documentFileType != "docx") {
echo "Sorry, only PDF, DOC, & DOCX files are allowed.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file))
{
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). " has
been uploaded.";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
}
}
?>
So, with the code above, I am successfully able to upload a file to the path specified in the PHP code ("../../UPLOADS/"). However, if I try to change this path, all I get as output on the webpage is "File is a documentSorry, there was an error uploading your file."
Now, the path I am giving instead of "../../UPLOADS/" is just "test/". I created another folder in the directory where my webpages are, and named it "test"
I am a university student, and so I am using my Linux account under my school's AFS servers. After I ssh into my account, I have to cd into my public_html directory. Once I am there, it contains:
UPLOADS/
resport/
download/
The directory "resport" contains subdirectories for where my webpages are in, so if I cd into resport, I see:
login/
student/
The directory "student" contains the subdirectory "UPLOADS" and also other webpages, so if I cd into student, I see:
sample.php
docs.php
test/
The problem (clear and simple): I'd like it to be so that I can upload files into test in the "resport" directory and not UPLOADS in the "public_html" directory. I am able to upload files into "public_html/UPLOADS" (the path relative to where sample.php and docs.php is "../../UPLOADS/") but I need to upload the files into "public_html/resport/student/test" (the path relative to where sample.php and docs.php is "test/")
What I've tried: I have checked permissions for the UPLOADS directory and it is drwxrwxrwx so I also set the same permissions for the test directory, and gave it a go, but nothing changed. I was still seeing "File is a documentSorry, there was an error uploading your file." I have also tried renaming "test" to "UPLOADS" and changing permissions again, but still nothing. I'm not sure what the issue could be. I'd greatly appreciate any help, thanks!
UPDATE Put a full path to test/ instead of a relative one. Something like this:
/afs/univ/u/c/r/ucid/public_html/resport/student/test/
but still no luck Instead of echoing
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
I tried changing it to:
echo " Not uploaded because of error #".$_FILES["file"]["error"];
but all I get now is:
"File is a document Not uploaded because of error #"
There is no number after
.$_FILES["file"]["error"]
