Just playing around with uploading files as it's actually something I've never done before. I copied some supposedly working code from here.
I'm using cPanel hosting from Namecheap, with absolutely nothing changed from the default config.
I think the most likely problem is something very basic that I haven't activated. My HTML looks like this
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload_file.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Your Photo: <input type="file" name="photo" size="25" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
and my PHP looks like this
<?php
//if they DID upload a file...
if($_FILES['photo']['name'])
{
//if no errors...
if(!$_FILES['photo']['error'])
{
//now is the time to modify the future file name and validate the file
$new_file_name = strtolower($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name']); //rename file
if($_FILES['photo']['size'] > (1024000)) //can't be larger than 1 MB
{
$valid_file = false;
$message = 'Oops! Your file\'s size is to large.';
}
//if the file has passed the test
if($valid_file)
{
//move it to where we want it to be
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], 'uploads/'.$new_file_name);
$message = 'Congratulations! Your file was accepted.';
}
}
//if there is an error...
else
{
//set that to be the returned message
$message = 'Ooops! Your upload triggered the following error: '.$_FILES['photo']['error'];
}
}
//you get the following information for each file:
$_FILES['field_name']['name']
$_FILES['field_name']['size']
$_FILES['field_name']['type']
$_FILES['field_name']['tmp_name']
}
When I try to upload an image, I get a 500 Internal Server Error when I hit submit.
What am I missing?
Thanks
