file upload error blank?

Question

I'm trying to upload a file by selecting it with an html form then sending it to the php to do the actual upload and storing on the server. But when I test it I get a completely blank error so I can't figure out what's wrong.

here's the html:

<form action="libs/sc.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
    <input type="file" name="c_img1" tabindex="0" /> 
    <input type="file" name="c_img2" tabindex="1" /> 
    <input type="file" name="c_img3" tabindex="2" /> 
    <input type="file" name="c_img4" tabindex="3" /> 
    <input type="file" name="c_img5" tabindex="4" /> 
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

and the php:

for($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
    if(!move_uploaded_file($_FILES["c_img$i"]["tmp_name"],"../images/cards/".$i)) {
        die('File Error: ' . $_FILES['c_img'.$i]['error'] . '<br />');
    }
    else 
        echo 'added' .$i;
}

and what happens when I run:

Array ( 
     [c_img1] => Array ( 
           [name] => 010_10 (2).JPG 
           [type] => image/jpeg 
           [tmp_name] => C:\Windows\Temp\php21CD.tmp 
           [error] => 0 
           [size] => 1080763 
        ) 
     [c_img2] => Array ( 
           [name] => 011_11 (2).JPG 
           [type] => image/jpeg 
           [tmp_name] => C:\Windows\Temp\php2383.tmp 
           [error] => 0 
           [size] => 612926 
        ) 
     [c_img3] => Array ( 
           [name] => 014_14 (2).JPG 
           [type] => image/jpeg 
           [tmp_name] => C:\Windows\Temp\php247E.tmp 
           [error] => 0 
           [size] => 975170 
        ) 
     [c_img4] => Array ( 
           [name] => 015_15 (2).JPG 
           [type] => image/jpeg 
           [tmp_name] => C:\Windows\Temp\php2616.tmp 
           [error] => 0 
           [size] => 1180438 
        ) 
     [c_img5] => Array ( 
           [name] => 016_16 (2).JPG 
           [type] => image/jpeg 
           [tmp_name] => C:\Windows\Temp\php27FB.tmp 
           [error] => 0 
           [size] => 1142986 
        ) 

)

Warning: move_uploaded_file(../images/cards/356): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Apache2\htdocs\test\libs\sc.php on line 26 Warning: move_uploaded_file(): Unable to move 'C:\Windows\Temp\php21CD.tmp' to '../images/cards/356' in C:\Apache2\htdocs\test\libs\sc.php on line 26 File Error: 0

Answer 1

First, you should use move_uploaded_file to move uploaded files. Second, $_FILES['c_img'.$i]["temp_name"], if I remember correctly, is an array, which means you need to access it: $_FILES['c_img'.$i]["temp_name"][0];. (Turned out that this was inaccurate)

Some basic debugging suggestions

• Have you confirmed that PHP returns true for is_dir('../images/cards/');
• Have you tried adding a file extension (shouldn't matter, but sometimes Windows gets crotchety and it is a good practice nevertheless)? You can either just assign .jpg or you can use pathinfo to grab the extension from $_FILES['c_img'.$i]["name"];