PHP help?

[elfprince13]

I need a php uploading system for my website that allows members to upload animations of different kinds (.mov, .gif, .swf) and have them automatically displayed on a separate page. I think this is possible but I dont know very much PHP. could somebody give me some help on this? I can take care of making sure only members access the page, but after that..... all I can think of is some judicious use of $echo and a database to keep track of uploaded files.....

[Arcane Wizard]

Let them select a file through a form..

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploadscript.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="30000" />
upload file: <input name="userfile" type="filename" /> <br>
<input type="submit" value="Upload" />
</form>

Then, in the php script all you have to do to actually move it to where you want (it's uploaded to a temp folder first):

move_uploaded_file( $_FILES["uploadfile"]["tmp_name"], "uploaddirpath/" . $_FILES["userfile"]["name"] )

Replace "uploaddirpath/" with the path of wherever you want the file to be uploaded to.

Of course it's nice to add error handling and form validation and such.

More info:
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.move-uploaded-file.php
http://maconlinux.net/php-online-manual/en...ile-upload.html

[Arcane Wizard]

Displaying the files:

$dir = "the/dir/you/uploaded/everything/to";
if ( is_dir( $dir ) ) { //check if it's a dir
if ( $hDir = opendir( $dir ) ) { //open a directory handle
while ( $file = readdir( $hDir ) ) { //read the next file from the dir
//add any checking for filetypes and such here if you want
echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype( $hDir . $file ) . "\n"; //display stuff about the file
}
closedir( $hDir ); //close directoryhandle
}
}

Instead of echoing each file I'd add it to a content string for a template parser like the rest of the page, then echo that string variable.

Replace the echo with something like this to make it display as an image on the page:
echo "<img src=\"$dir\\$file\">";

More info:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dir.php

[lloydkirk1989]

Why not use the Invision Power File Uploader? Its free and nothing beats IP.