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Re: mkdir no such file or directory

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Bhushan N.N wrote:

> ie, if my website is called example, the structure will be
> 
> example
>   index.php
>   upload.php
>   search.php
>   uploads
>     12209214
>        somefile.txt
>     31231203
>        otherfile.txt
>   about.php
>   contact.php

Please learn how to post properly on Usenet.  Avoid Google Groups in favor 
of a locally installed newsreader application if possible.

The problem here is that you are falsely assuming that “/” refers to the 
document root.  Instead, it refers to the *filesystem* root, where you/the 
Web server SHOULD NOT have write access.  As “uploads” is a directory on the 
same level as upload.php, it is probably easiest for you just to omit the 
leading “/”.  

However, it would be safest to refer to the document root explicitly, like

  $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/uploads/' . $value

(As you can see, it does not make sense to concatenate '/uploads' . '/' when 
you can just write '/uploads/'.)

It also does not make a lot of sense to create a directory for every second 
of upload since epoch, using time().  If you need to group uploads by date 
for quick access, I suggest you use year/month/date instead.  That said, you 
can rather easily filter an array of file information, so unless there is a 
chance that on different times people would upload files with the *same* 
name where they do *not* want to overwrite the old version, you do not need 
that directory structure.

However, in a multi-user application another piece is missing in any case: 
You need a way to differentiate between the files of users or one user could 
overwrite the file of another.  Using time() _cannot_ prevent that from 
happening, because there is the possibility of concurrent access.


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mkdir no such file or directory "Bhushan N.N" <bhushan154@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 20:04 -0700
  Re: mkdir no such file or directory "Bhushan N.N" <bhushan154@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 20:06 -0700
    Re: mkdir no such file or directory "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2013-05-15 06:34 +0200
    Re: mkdir no such file or directory Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2013-05-14 21:37 -0700
    Re: mkdir no such file or directory Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2013-05-14 22:39 -0600
    Re: mkdir no such file or directory Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2013-05-15 12:05 +0200
    Re: mkdir no such file or directory The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-15 11:23 +0100
    Re: mkdir no such file or directory Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 12:38 +0000
      Re: mkdir no such file or directory Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2013-05-15 08:51 -0500
        Re: mkdir no such file or directory "Bhushan N.N" <bhushan154@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 08:19 -0700
          Re: mkdir no such file or directory "Bhushan N.N" <bhushan154@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 08:20 -0700
            Re: mkdir no such file or directory Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-15 18:37 +0200
              Re: mkdir no such file or directory "Bhushan N.N" <bhushan154@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 16:20 -0700
                Re: mkdir no such file or directory Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 23:55 +0000
            Re: mkdir no such file or directory Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2013-05-15 13:44 -0500
              Re: mkdir no such file or directory Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-15 21:31 +0200

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