input type="file" help needed - Macromedia Dreamweaver

eclipsme wrote:
> I have a file upload form that is serving different information to my
> script in FF3 vs IE6. In FF, I get just the filename as desired, but IE
> gives me the full path with double slashes. Is this normal? How do you
> deal with it.

It sounds as though you are using $_GET and/or $_POST. You should be
using the $_FILES array instead.

http://docs.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

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David Powers wrote:
>
> It sounds as though you are using $_GET and/or $_POST. You should be
> using the $_FILES array instead.
>
> http://docs.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php
>
Busted... But it doesn't work just replacing _POST with _FILES, does it?
So here is the code you gave me. I didn't want to confuse the issue so I
didn't mention that the first part of the script forms the query to
update the database, but the other half of the script needs to upload
the actual file. I thought I could just pull the file names out and pass
them to the upload script, but I guess it is the input type=file that
throws this logic off. Damn! 2 forward, 1 back.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Harvey


// create an array of field names
$fields = array('field1', 'field2', 'field3', 'field4');
// prepare empty array for values
$values = array();
// check whether magic quotes enabled
$strip = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? true : false;

// loop through the fields
foreach ($fields as $field) {
if (!empty($_POST[$field])) {
// strip magic quotes if necessary
$val = $strip ? stripslashes($_POST[$field]) : $_POST[$field];
// add field name and value to array
$values[] = "SET $field = '" .
mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[$field]) . "'";
}
}
// build query
$sql = 'UPDATE myTable ' . implode(',', $values) . ' WHERE itemID = ' .
$itemID;

eclipsme wrote:
> Busted... But it doesn't work just replacing _POST with _FILES, does it?

Not quite, but it's very similar. Replace $_POST[$field] with
$_FILES[$field]['name'].

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David Powers wrote:
> eclipsme wrote:
>> Busted... But it doesn't work just replacing _POST with _FILES, does it?
>
> Not quite, but it's very similar. Replace $_POST[$field] with
> $_FILES[$field]['name'].
>
If I understand what I am reading, and I am not at all sure that I am,
'name' is the filename as entered into the form, no? But then you would
have to know the filename before you could get the filename.

Ooh! My head hurts.

Harvey

$_FILES[$field]['name'] is asking for the value of the array variable stored
in the 'name' field. That would be the name of the file being uploaded.

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"eclipsme" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> David Powers wrote:
>> eclipsme wrote:
>>> Busted... But it doesn't work just replacing _POST with _FILES, does it?
>>
>> Not quite, but it's very similar. Replace $_POST[$field] with
>> $_FILES[$field]['name'].
>>
> If I understand what I am reading, and I am not at all sure that I am,
> 'name' is the filename as entered into the form, no? But then you would
> have to know the filename before you could get the filename.
>
> Ooh! My head hurts.
>
> Harvey

On 08 Oct 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, eclipsme wrote:

> David Powers wrote:
>> eclipsme wrote:
>>> Busted... But it doesn't work just replacing _POST with _FILES,
>>> does it?
>>
>> Not quite, but it's very similar. Replace $_POST[$field] with
>> $_FILES[$field]['name'].
>>
> If I understand what I am reading, and I am not at all sure that I
> am, 'name' is the filename as entered into the form, no? But then
> you would have to know the filename before you could get the
> filename.
>
> Ooh! My head hurts.

Drop this into the page which processes the upload form. You'll get a
look at the structure and contents of the $_FILES array.
http://www.php.net/print_r

<pre>
<?php
if ($_FILES) {
print_r ($_FILES)
}
?>
</pre>

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Joe Makowiec wrote:

>
> Drop this into the page which processes the upload form. You'll get a
> look at the structure and contents of the $_FILES array.
> http://www.php.net/print_r
>
> <pre>
> <?php
> if ($_FILES) {
> print_r ($_FILES)
> }
> ?>
> </pre>
>

Thanks Joe. There needed to be a ';' after the print_r command. I guess
I'm not the only one that forgets them, am I? and no, I guess they never
get automatic, do they? ;-o

Anyway,I removed the entire if statement to verify that the $_FILES
variable was not getting set and got this:

Array
(
)

So it appears to me that nothing is getting passed to the $_FILES[]
array, right?

Here is the code from my form.

<form name="form1" method="post" action="test.php">
....3 other input fields, identical except for fieldnames...
<fieldset>
<legend>Audio</legend>
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="existingaudio" id="date"
value="<?php echo $row_cra['audio']; ?>"size="20">

....BTW - The field above is for info only, showing the existing entry. I
would like to make this read only. It is not read by the script...

</td>
<td><input name="audio" type="file" size="40"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input name="ID" type="hidden" id="ID" value="<?php echo
$row_cra['ID'] ; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="agency" id="agency" value="CRA"></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Update">
<input type="reset" value="Reset"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
</form>

Thanks,
Harvey

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> $_FILES[$field]['name'] is asking for the value of the array variable
> stored in the 'name' field. That would be the name of the file being
> uploaded.
>
Thanks Murray. That makes more sense than my way! Still, the $_FILES
array does not seem to being set. Please see my other post.

Thanks,
Harvey

If $_FILES is not being set, then your upload is not working.

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"eclipsme" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> $_FILES[$field]['name'] is asking for the value of the array variable
>> stored in the 'name' field. That would be the name of the file being
>> uploaded.
>>
> Thanks Murray. That makes more sense than my way! Still, the $_FILES array
> does not seem to being set. Please see my other post.
>
> Thanks,
> Harvey