problem with php script in 1and 1 hosting

Question

I have a problem.

I have wrote an upload form on my html page. Then created an upload php file. I added both to my webserver 1 and 1. when clicking on the script on the live webpage - it starts uploading, however the domain name/upload.php file sits there with nothing there (blank) when i check the destination folder nothing is there.

any gurus willing to help with this - i'm baffled - its my first time dabbling with php?

Answer 1

Have you checked that your <form> tag has enctype="multipart/form-data"?

Posting your source code would help you get better answers.

Also, in upload.php, try doing print_r($_FILES); to output the list of files.

Answer 2

Question is kind of vague, but most of the time these problems occur because of wrong folder permissions.

Try to chmod 666 on the folder you are writing to.

Answer 3

Try some more error-checking. Have a look at this IBM tutorial on Debugging techniques for PHP programmers. Some of the suggestions work only in an IDE, but there is a good deal on debugging using print statements (simple, yet effective).