mscreashuns — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:28:23 +0000

Okay, I'm confused. Where exactly would I put the code (that demonhale provided) in my current file?

Here's what I have:

<?
$MOVE_TO_PATH = '/home/graphicx/public_html/rating_system/images/'; 

// The following values are used to verify_uploaded_file() 

// as the sizes and types that can be uploaded. 

$UPLOAD_TYPES['JPG'] = 1; // Allow .jpg files 
$UPLOAD_TYPES['JPEG'] = 2; // Allow .jpeg files 
$UPLOAD_TYPES['GIF'] = 1; // Allow .gif files
$UPLOAD_TYPES['PNG'] = 1; // Allow .png files

$UPLOAD_SIZES['max'] = 1000000; // Make sure the file is under 1MB 

$UPLOAD_SIZES['min'] = 0; // in size 

echo 'File: ' . $HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['name'] . '
' . 

'Size: ' . $HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['size'] . '

'; 

// Verify the size and type of the file 

$intResult = verify_uploaded_file( 

$HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['name'], 
$HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['size']); 

// The file is not acceptable 

if ($intResult != 1) 

{ 

$msg_base = $HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['name'] . 

' is unacceptable.

'; 

//die() and display error message 

if ($intResult == -1) 

{ 

die($msg_base . 'Reason: File size is too larger.'); 

} 

elseif ($intResult == -2) 

{ 

die($msg_base . 'Reason: File type is not allowed.'); 

} 

} 

// The file has been accepted; verify it and move it to the server  

if (! move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name'], $MOVE_TO_PATH . 

$HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['name']) ) 

{ 

die('You did not upload a file or the file could not be moved to ' . 

$MOVE_TO_PATH . $HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['name']); 

} 

else 

{ 

echo $HTTP_POST_FILES['upload_file']['name'] 

. ' was uploaded successfully.<br />';

} 

function verify_uploaded_file($strName, $intSize) 

/* $strName and $intSize are taken from 

the uploaded file's information. 
Also, make sure that the global variable $UPLOAD_SIZES 

and $UPLOAD_TYPES are defined prior to calling 

this function. */ 

{ 

// Check file size 

if ($intSize < $GLOBALS['UPLOAD_SIZES']['min'] || 

$intSize > $GLOBALS['UPLOAD_SIZES']['max']) 

{ 

return -1; 

} 

// Check file type 

$arrSegments = split('[.]', $strName); // may contain multiple dots 

$strExtension = $arrSegments[count($arrSegments) - 1]; 

if ($GLOBALS['UPLOAD_TYPES'][strtoupper($strExtension)] != 1) 

{ 

return -2; // File type not defined/allowed 

} 

// All tests have passed; this file is valid 

return 1; 

}
?>

mscreashuns — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:28:46 +0000

Okay, thanks for the help. I'm going to work on this later on and figure out how I can do the database stuff. Thanks again.

Busy — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:31:22 +0000

If the file is being uploaded you'd only want the file name saved, not the whole URL

If you wanted to keep track of who belongs to what and how many they have ... you could use members id infront of the image name ie: 123_imagename.jpg or even 123_12_imagename.jpg (the 12 would be how many images they have uploaded), all depends on how your system is set up and what your future plans are - always try plan ahead.

You could also use MD5() for total random and shorten the results to how many you wanted.

demonhale — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:09:22 +0000

its an example dude! you can put anything you want there...

Renegade — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:56:45 +0000

...why are you using an empty for() ? Is it even needed if it's empty?

demonhale — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 02:46:20 +0000

it would be something like this in php

case "image/jpeg":
for(;; ) { $nr++; if (!file_exists($upload_image_folder."/image".$nr.".jpg")) break; }
$filename = "image".$nr.".jpg";
break;

$nr would increment numbers so the saved file will have same names but different numbers like, image1.jpg, image2.jpg and so on