Upload Form Not Recognizing File Field?!

[sticktacular]

Im trying to get the script to validate the "trailer" field and see if the movie trailer uploaded is in the quicktime .mov format. If it isn't, i want $ok = "no" and $reply = $reply."<br> - Please make sure that your trailer is in the Quicktime .mov format.<br>";

The script isnt working even when i upload a .mov file, it says that it isn't the right file format.

I tried doing a test of

echo $_FILES['trailer']['type']; 

but it didnt do anything.

Anyone help?

<?
include("header.php"); 
$reply = "Please fill out the form below to add a new movie to the site.<br>";

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    $pass = $_POST['pass'];
    $access = "123";
    $ok = "yes";
    
    if($pass != $access){
        $ok = "no";
        $reply = $reply."<br> - The password you entered is incorrect. Please enter the correct password to continue<br>";
    } else {
        $title = $_POST['title'];
        $title_nospace = str_replace(" ", "_", $title);
        $year = $_POST['year'];
        $syn = $_POST['syn'];
        $poster = $_FILES['poster']['name'];
        $trailer = $_FILES['trailer']['name'];
        $screen1 = $_FILES['screen1']['name'];
        $screen2 = $_FILES['screen2']['name'];
        $screen3 = $_FILES['screen3']['name'];
        $screen4 = $_FILES['screen4']['name'];
        $quicktime = "video/quicktime";
        $trailer_type = $_FILES['trailer']['type'];
        
        if(empty($title)){
            $ok = "no";
            $reply = $reply."<br> - Please enter the title of the movie.<br>";
        }
        if(empty($year)){
            $ok = "no";
            $reply = $reply."<br> - Please enter the year the movie was released.<br>";
        }
        if(!($trailer_type == $quicktime)){
            $ok = "no";
            $reply = $reply."<br> - Please make sure that your trailer is in the Quicktime .mov format.<br>";
        } else {
            $reply = "Your trailer file format is correct!";
        }

    }
    
    if($ok == "yes"){
        $reply = "<b>Your movie information has been added successfully!</b>";
    }
}
?>

[Ize]

Try print_r ($_FILES]; and see what it prints out.

[sticktacular]

it posted

Array ( )




i dont think that php file is turned on where it displays your errors? because everytime i leave out a ";" at the end of a line, the page just comes up blank. how do you turn that on? and what does the array above mean?

[byron3@earthlink]

If you read the online documentation :
http://us.php.net/features.file-upload

It states : The mime type of the file, if the browser provided this information. An example would be "image/gif". This mime type is however not checked on the PHP side and therefore don't take its value for granted.

As Ize suggested echo this value and see what value exist.

[sticktacular]

i did, and it showed up

Array ()

[byron3@earthlink]

echo : $_FILES['trailer']['type']

[byron3@earthlink]

i looked over your above post and read the documentation.
Is your file_uploads set to "1" in your php.ini file?
Is your upload_tmp_directory set to be writeable?
Is your upload_max_filesize large enough for the file you are trying to upload?
Is your post_max_filesize larger than your upload_max_filesize ?
Is your max_input_time longer than the time it takes to upload the file ?
Did you declare the form enctype="multipart/form-data" ?
Do you have a hidden field max_input_size before the file input field ?

If you answered no to any of these questions then your file will not upload and the $_FILES array will be empty....

[sticktacular]

ah! thanks byron! yeah, i realized the file i was trying to get the info of is bigger than my max upload limit in my php.ini....

Unfortunately, i don't have access to my php.ini file so i cant change that... or can i?

is there any way to change that part of the php.ini file because the phpinfo(); says that my php.ini file is on C://WINDOWS/php.ini but i don't have access to that because i am a shared account on godaddy....


any help?

[byron3@earthlink]

Put in a service request, most web hosting companies are willing to make ini changes for clients. Worst that can happen is godaddy denies your request.

P.S. You might want to check max_execution_time in the ini file also, this determines how long a script is allowed to execute. Users with slower connections will exceed the default (60 seconds)....