[ciapug] File Upload

[Carl Olsen]

I'll give it a try.

Thank you!

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: ciapug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:ciapug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
Of Tony Bibbs
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:17 AM
To: barry at vonahsen.com; ciapug at cialug.org
Cc: carl-olsen at mchsi.com
Subject: Re: [ciapug] File Upload

Alternatively, here's a class I wrote for doing similar file uploads:

http://cvs.geeklog.net/co.php?r=1.43&f=geeklog-1.3%2Fsystem%2Fclasses%2Fuplo
ad.class.php

--Tony

Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
> for file uploads, I found this once on php.net (I don't see it now)
> 
> if (!is_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])) {
> switch($_FILES['file']['error']){
>     case 0: //no error; possible file attack!
>     $errtxt .= "There was a problem with your upload.";
>     break;
>     case 1: //uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in 
> php.ini
>     $errtxt .= "The file you are trying to upload is too big.";
>     break;
>     case 2: //uploaded file exceeds the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was 
> specified in the html form
>     $errtxt .= "The file you are trying to upload is too big.";
>     break;
>     case 3: //uploaded file was only partially uploaded
>     $errtxt .= "The file you are trying upload was only partially 
> uploaded.";
>     break;
>     case 4: //no file was uploaded
>     $errtxt .= "You must select a file for upload.";
>     break;
>     default: //a default error, just in case!  :)
>     $errtxt .= "There was a problem with your upload.";
>     break;
> }
> }
> 
> -barry
> 
> 
> Carl Olsen wrote:
>> I ran into an unusual situation today creating a file upload script.  
>> I have
>> the php.ini settings for memory_limit, upload_max_filesize, and
>> post_max_size all set to 10M.  I have a form with a hidden field
>> MAX_FILE_SIZE just before the file input box set to 10000000 (10 million
>> bytes, slightly less than 10M).  I have a function that checks both 
>> the file
>> extension and the file type, so it only allows files of certain types 
>> to be
>> uploaded.  I get unusual results.  When I upload most files that do 
>> not fit
>> the required type, it give me one of my custom error messages.  When I
>> upload a file that is too big, it doesn't do anything (MAX_FILE_SIZE
>> prevents the form from posting).  However, when I upload a file with 
>> an .exe
>> file extension that is 54MB, I get a machine error that starts out "PHP
>> Warning" at the bottom of the page.
>>
>> What I would really like to do is figure out how to write some PHP 
>> code to
>> intercept the machine error and display a custom error on the page, 
>> but it
>> appears to be outside the scope of any PHP code I can insert into the 
>> page.
>> Has anyone seen this before?
>>
>> Carl Olsen
>>
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