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I'm inserting an image into a database and when i use the http path to it it doesn't work...ie:
this version doesn't work:
but this version does work:PHP Code:$imagedir = "http://www.website.com/whatever/images/";
im confused....PHP Code:$imagedir = "/home/blah/public_html/whatever/images/";
I think it's because the database doesn't start reading from the public part of the directory tree; it starts from the private one(s)?
Most likely for security reasons.
okay....well how can i make it read from the "http://..." one....
What are you trying to do with this image directory? Just prepend it to the image filename or something else?
I'm making an upload script and the user fills out a form along with uploading an image. And when they submit the form it inserts the info into a database and instead of inserting the image into the database it inserts the location of the image...and so the location im trying to mak it enter i wanted to begin with "http://..." instead of "/home/blah/public_html/..."
The simplest solution I can think of is to just strip away the "/home/blah/public_html/" and replace it with "http://www.yourwebsite.com/", but I'll look into it.
strip it away? what do you mean? you mean just replace it? that would be exactly what i've already done...how else would i have found out that it didn't work?The simplest solution I can think of is to just strip away the "/home/blah/public_html/" and replace it with "http://www.yourwebsite.com/", but I'll look into it.
No I mean, using str_replace() or preg_match() remove the "/home/blah/public_html/" and then replace it with "http://yoursite.com" before it's added to the database.
Post the code you are using.
Mike
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here's the snippet that doesn't work w/ "http://.." but works the other way just fine:
PHP Code:if(rename($_FILES['userFile']['tmp_name'], "http://www.whatever.com/images/"))
I already can see where your problem might come from. In the manual it specifically says not to use the rename() function to rename and move your files or you might encounter errors. I'd do something like this:
You can move and change the file name with move_uploaded_file(). Also, use relative locations, not exact, this way it won't matter, just typing "/images" is the same as "http://www.yoursite.com/images" and "/home/blah/public_html/images".PHP Code:move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userFile']['tmp_name'], "/images/$new_name");
well...not really...part of the reason i was using exact instead of relative was b/c different files would be in different folders for orgaztional purposes and so it would have been easier to have the exact instead of having to adjust accordingly using "../images and ../../images, etc. etc."....but i'll figure something out...just typing "/images" is the same as "http://www.yoursite.com/images" and "/home/blah/public_html/images".
Not really. Typing "/images" is the same as "http://yoursite.com/images", "/images/dir2" is the same as "http://yoursite.com/images/dir2", and "/images/dir2/dir3" is the same as "http://yoursite.com/images/dir2/dir3". Adding a "/" in front of a relative url just points to the base directory. You should really read up on relative urls man.
Okay "man"...thanks
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okay...shadow...i tried that and it didn't work...whenever i just use "/images/" it says "no such file or directory"...but when i use "/home/username/public_html/images/" it works just fine....any ideas?
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