Question

For some reason my PDF upload form is failing consistently, I have this code:

<?php
if($_POST["submit"] == "Add PDF to Comm and Special Projects")
{
    $addsubp = $_POST["addsubp"];
    $addsubp_name = $_POST["addsubp_name"];
    $commuploadedfile = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'];
    $sqldoc = "INSERT INTO projects_links (pid, display_name, link) VALUES ('".$addsubp."','".$addsubp_name."','".$commuploadedfile."')";
    mysql_query($sqldoc) or die(mysql_error()); 
    echo "<BR>";
    $target_path = "D:\\Hosting\\69903\\html\\pdfs\\comm\\";    
    $target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); 

    if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
        echo "<br>The file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). 
        " has been uploaded<br>";
    } else{
        echo "<br>There was an error uploading the file, please try again.<br>";
    }
}
?>
<form method="post">
Add PDF to Project for Committees and Special Projects <br>Choose Project<select name="addsubp"><?php

$query = "SELECT
projects.*
FROM
projects";
$showresult = mysql_query($query);
$csp_c = 1;
while($buyarray = mysql_fetch_assoc($showresult))
{
    echo "<option value=".$buyarray['id'].">".$buyarray["pname"]."</option>";
}

?></select><br>
Choose Display Name for PDF <input type="text" name="addsubp_name" /> <Br>
Choose PDF: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /> <Br>
<input type="submit" value="Add PDF to Comm and Special Projects" name="submit" />
</form>

I have made sure that the application has write privileges to the “comm” directory. I have godaddy and used the file manager to make sure of that. I have had problems with permissions in this project before, so I know this isn’t case. It keeps printing

There was an error uploading the file, please try again.

It doesn’t attempt to upload any PDF at all, what am I doing wrong?
thanks!

Answer 1

You may have permissions issues, but for file uploads your form tag should contain the proper enctype attribute.

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST">

and defining a file size limit is also a good idea:

<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" />