PHP upload to GoDaddy hosted site

Question

I'm relatively new to both hosting and PHP, so apologies for (probably) missing the obvious, but…

I built a page which would allow file uploads to my site, following the example laid out here:

W3Schools PHP upload exercise

Through the File Manage on my Godaddy hosting, I created a folder named ’upload’ so that the file would land there after being uploaded through the page I had built.

Part of the returned page that appears after submitted the file reads:

Temp file: d:temptmpphpE4C9.tmp
Stored in: upload/testfile.txt

which would indicate that the file has been sucessfully uploaded given the code in the example. However, I cannot see the file in the ’upload’ folder via my File Manage, or anywhere else on the hosting of my site (as far as I can see). I also cannot see the ’temp’ folder anywhere either…

Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Actually, after reviewing the script, the message "Stored in: upload/testfile.txt" is printed regardless if the upload failed or not. Most likely move_uploaded_file is failing due to a permissions problem. Ensure your uploads directory is writeable by the webserver. Try chmod'ing it to 777 to test this (you shouldn't leave it like that without security restrictions as anyone could upload an executable file and try to run it!).