Question

I am receiving an error with this code. I am new to PHP but it is my understanding that || is translated to ‘OR’. I am trying to check if the uploaded file meets any of the three conditions, and if so set an error.

if ($uploaded_size > 1048576) || 
   ($uploaded_type == 'application/octet-stream') || 
   (file_exists($target))
{ 
    echo "Error: File was not uploaded.<br>"; 
    $ok=0; 
} 

The error states that “unexpected T_BOOLEAN_OR”

Answer 1

if ($uploaded_size > 1048576) ||

Notice that you end the if statement with a ) before the ||, so the || is just sitting outside by itself. You’re also missing a parenthesis between (file_exists($target))
and the {.

You probably want this:

if (($uploaded_size > 1048576) || 
    ($uploaded_type == 'application/octet-stream') || 
    (file_exists($target)))
{

Or the equivalent:

if ($uploaded_size > 1048576 || 
    $uploaded_type == 'application/octet-stream' || 
    file_exists($target))
{