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blackpepper · 10-18-2009, 10:35 PM

Hi all,
I am in need of help and would appreciate any-ones suggestions on this one. What I have is a really basic php file upload script..however there is something completely wrong with how it is working.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$target = "upload/";

$target = $target . basename( $_FILES['uploaded']['name']) ;

$ok=1;

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded']['tmp_name'], $target))

{

echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been uploaded";

}

else {

echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file.";

}

?>

The problem is that the files are generated from a program and automatically are named such as: file.mst , file(1).mst, file(2).mst etc...

PHP uploaded file.mst, but wont do any with the parenthesis. Does anyone know a work around or have an explanation?

Cheers

genuineskate · 10-19-2009, 04:55 PM

I'm not really getting the whole idea of your script, could you go a little more in depth?

Are you submitting from a form with more than 1 upload box?

blackpepper · 10-20-2009, 11:17 PM

Hey,
So for some clarification:
I have an old program based out of dos which scans a large database and generates a .mst file with specific parameters inside the file. The first time you generate one of these files, it is called file.mst The second time it is called file(1).mst The third, file(3).mst

PHP is not allowing me to upload files which contain the parenthesis, and I am in search of a work-around.

Cheers

genuineskate · 10-21-2009, 03:22 PM

Hmm.. I can't think of anything right now... try more debugging

It could be the basename....

PHP Code:


			
<?php
$target = "upload/". basename($_FILES['uploaded']['name']) ;
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded']['tmp_name'], $target)) {
  echo "The file ". basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been uploaded";
}
else {
echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file.";
}
//debug
echo "<b>Path:</b> ". $target;
echo "<b>Basename:</b> ". basename($_FILES['uploaded']['name']);
?>

See what that puts out

scoutt · 10-22-2009, 08:34 AM

what happens when you do upload one with parenthesis? do you get an error what do you get?