uploading images with PHP

[karinne]

I have a news script that allows people to add news to a site. The information is then stored in a PostgreSQL database and spitted out to the respective page.

I want the users to be able to upload images but I have no clue where to look and how to start. Would it upload to a specified folder and then the path stored in the db?

If someone could direct me to a tutorial or give me info on this that'd be great.

Thanks

[scoutt]

well that is the idea. store the image on the drive and the link to the image in the db.

the manual has a great starting script for you to learn.

[karinne]

manual!??! what manual!? :confused:

[scoutt]

www.php.net

[karinne]

oh.... that manual! Thanks scoutt!:P

[scoutt]

hehe sorry I should have said that in the first palce. :D

[karinne]

Am I missing something here!?


<?
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS{'add_image'}) {
$base_path = "/home/www/nouvelles/images/";
copy( $image, $base_path);

$image_path = "/nouvelles/images/" . $image;

$result = pg_exec ("insert into nouvelles (image) values ('$image_path')");

exit;
} else { ?>

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Upload - <input type="file" name="image">
<input type="submit" name="add_image" value="add image">
</form>
<? } ?>

I get this message

Warning: Unable to create '/nouvelles/images//tmp/phpZzi478': No such file or directory

[scoutt]

yes, you have 2 // in the path

also don't use {} for the POST variables, you need [ ] instead

<?
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['add_image']) {
$base_path = "/home/www/nouvelles/images";
copy( $image, $base_path);

$image_path = "/nouvelles/images/" . $image;

$result = pg_exec ("insert into nouvelles (image) values ('$image_path')");

exit;
} else { ?>

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Upload - <input type="file" name="image">
<input type="submit" name="add_image" value="add image">
</form>
<? } ?>

[karinne]

In case someone else needed help to upload 1 image and store the path in a database... here's the code!


<?
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['add_image']) {
$base_path = "/home/www/mysite/nouvelles/images/".$image_name;

copy($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $base_path);
chmod ($base_path, 0644);

$image_path = "/nouvelles/images/" . $image_name;

$result = pg_exec ("insert into table (image) values ('$image_path') ");

exit;
} else {?>

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Upload image - <input type="file" name="image">
<input type="submit" name="add_image" value="add this image">
</form>
<?}?>

;)

[scoutt]

you are using 2 different ways in one ***ntion. you have $image_name which would be correct if register_globals is ON, but then you used $_FILES[] which is used when register_globals is OFF. best guess it wouldn't work if you had register_globals OFF because you won't get the image_name. and the pg_exec is not a php function but maybe a postreg one.

this is what it should be


<?
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['add_image']) {
$base_path = "/home/www/mysite/nouvelles/images/".$_FILES['image']['name'];

copy($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $base_path);
chmod ($base_path, 0644);

$image_path = "/nouvelles/images/" . $_FILES['image']['name'];

$result = pg_exec ("insert into table (image) values ('$image_path') ");

exit;
} else {?>

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Upload image - <input type="file" name="image">
<input type="submit" name="add_image" value="add this image">
</form>
<?}?>

[karinne]

hmmm.... interesting... I did not know that! Thanks.... works both ways but I changed it to what you said... good point!