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**Darkwoods** · 10-08-2008, 07:55 PM

hi i have been looking the whole day on how i can do file upload all the tutorials i get are not working for some reason or to complicated to intergate with my form...

i want 2 upload fields one for images and the other one for any type of files (large files)
if you can help... it would be great im so tired of searching on google...
if you give me a starting step would be great also

im very new to php

here is were i want to have my upload form

Code:

<?php
include "inc/header.php";


  if(isset($_POST['submit']))
  {//begin of if($submit).
      
//global variables
      $title_en = $_POST['title_en'];
$title_ar = $_POST['title_ar'];
      $en = $_POST['en'];
      $ar = $_POST['ar'];
      $cat = $_POST['cat'];

              //check if (title) field is empty then print error message.
              if(!$title_en){  //this means If the title is really empty.
                     echo "Error: News title is a required field. Please fill it.";
                     exit(); //exit the script and don't do anything else.
              }// end of ifdtime

         //run the query which adds the data gathered from the form into the database
         $result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO contents (title_en, title_ar, dtime, en, ar, cat)
                       VALUES ('$title_en','$title_ar',NOW(),'$en','$ar','$cat')",$connect);
          //print success message.
          echo "<b>Thank you! data added Successfully!";
          echo "<meta http-equiv=Refresh content=2;url=index.php>";
  }//end of if($submit).


  // If the form has not been submitted, display it!
else
  {//begin of else

      ?>

      <h3>::Add News</h3> 
   <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF] ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data">  
  <table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4">
  <tr>
    <td>Select Category:</td>
    <td colspan="2"><select name="cat"><?php
    
       $sql = 'SELECT DISTINCT `catname` from `categories`';
$result = @mysql_query($sql,$connect);
   while ($row = @mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
  echo '<option value="'.$row['id'].'">'.$row['catname'].'</option>';
}      ?>
    
    </td>
  </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Title:</td>
    <td ><input name="title_en" size="40" maxlength="255"></td>
    <td><input name="title_ar" size="40" maxlength="255"></td>
  </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Content:</td>
      <td><textarea name="eng"  rows="7" cols="30"></textarea></td>
      <td><textarea name="ar" rows="7" cols="30"></textarea></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="3" class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td>
    </tr>
</table>
      
</form>
     
      <?php
  }//end of else

 include "inc/footer.php";
  
?>

as for the view page i was thinking to have it in this way

echo file link only if a file have been uploaded
echo image only if an image have been uploaded

**mtishetsky** · 10-09-2008, 12:58 AM

OMG

"Handling file uploads" chapter of the native php manual covers the topic quite fine. You should add enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute to your form and then refer to $_FILES array in your script.

**Sir P** · 10-14-2008, 07:13 AM

Code:

<html> 
<body>
  <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload.php" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" />
    Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploaded_file" type="file" />
    <input type="submit" value="Upload" />
  </form> 
</body> 
</html>

PHP Code:


			
<?php

//Сheck that we have a file

if((!empty($_FILES["uploaded_file"])) && ($_FILES['uploaded_file']['error'] == 0)) {

  //Check if the file is JPEG image and it's size is less than 350Kb

  $filename = basename($_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']);

  $ext = substr($filename, strrpos($filename, '.') + 1);

  if (($ext == "jpg") && ($_FILES["uploaded_file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg") && 

    ($_FILES["uploaded_file"]["size"] < 350000)) {

    //Determine the path to which we want to save this file

      $newname = dirname(__FILE__).'/upload/'.$filename;

      //Check if the file with the same name is already exists on the server

      if (!file_exists($newname)) {

        //Attempt to move the uploaded file to it's new place

        if ((move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded_file']['tmp_name'],$newname))) {

           echo "It's done! The file has been saved as: ".$newname;

        } else {

           echo "Error: A problem occurred during file upload!";

        }

      } else {

         echo "Error: File ".$_FILES["uploaded_file"]["name"]." already exists";

      }

  } else {

     echo "Error: Only .jpg images under 350Kb are accepted for upload";

  }

} else {

 echo "Error: No file uploaded";

}

?>

.... http://www.webcheatsheet.com/PHP/file_upload.php

**jack239** · 10-14-2008, 07:32 AM

if you do print_r($_FILES) then you can view the element of the $_FILES array. This array contains all the uploaded file information.