On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:05:02PM +0100, Geckodeep wrote: >Hi, > >Can any one guide me through the uploading file procedure please? >Should I use copy() function to copy the image file to a temp file and >rename it to the real name and then reference the name in the data base. >Or is there any other way. >Should say though my Service Provider does not support exec("cp $picture >/full/path/to/joesauto/images/$picture_name") as explained in one of the >article in phpbuilder by Willim Samplonius. All file system functions are not supported ? Otherwise you case use copy() function rather than exec(). copy($_FILES['Imagefile1']['tmp_name'], './full/path/to/joesauto/images/$_FILES['Imagefile1']['tmp_name']'); Here Imagefile1 is the 'name' in the html form. <td width="30%"><b>Picture 1 (jpeg/png/gif)</b></td> <td> <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="2000000000000"> <input maxLength="128" name="Imagefile1" type="file" ACCEPT="image/png, image/jpeg, image/jpg, image/gif"> </td> HTH Peace -- Rajesh : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Lesser known commands (tac) LOST #165 Everybody has heard of cat, to concatanate files and print to standard output. But have you heard of "tac" ? This reads file reverse. Try 'tac somefile.txt' and have a look ... or better still 'tac somesound.au > /dev/audio' ... Enjoy ! ####<bish@nde.vsnl.net.in>#################################### : -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php