PHP - Php Large File Uploads: Memory_limit ? Max_execution_time?

I have a form that lets a user upload an image, aswell as another file. I want the image to go into the images directory, and the pdf file to go into the PDF directory once uploaded. The names of the files will then be uploaded to the database.

At the moment I can get the image to upload to the database and directory, but the PDF is only uploading the name to the database, it is not going into the PDF directory aswell. I'm not sure if there is a way you can do this, I am trying to use "move_uploaded_file()" to physically move the files but not sure if you can use it twice.

here is my code, if you can point anything out or where im going wrong that would be great.
<?php

include "include/conn.php";

include "include/session.php";
?>

<?php


// Check to see if the type of file uploaded is a valid image type
function is_valid_type($file)
{
       
        $valid_types = array("image/jpg", "image/jpeg", "image/bmp", "image/gif");

        if (in_array($file['type'], $valid_types))
                return 1;
        return 0;
}




function showContents($array)
{
        echo "<pre>";
        print_r($array);
        echo "</pre>";
}

//Target path for image
$TARGET_PATH = dirname(__FILE__) . "/images/";

//Target path for PDF files
$PDF_TARGET_PATH = dirname(_FILE_) . "/PDF/";

// Get POST variables

$image = $_FILES['image'];

$pdf = $_FILES['pdf'];

$date= date("Y-m-d ");
$time = date("H:i:s");

$title = $_POST['title'];
$title_escape = mysql_escape_string($title);
$title_slashes = stripslashes($title_escape);

$content = $_POST['content'];

$image['name'] = mysql_real_escape_string($image['name']);

$pdf['name'] = mysql_real_escape_string($pdf['name']);


//image path
$TARGET_PATH .= $image['name'];

//PDF path
$PDF_TARGET_PATH .= $pdf['file_name'];

// Make sure all the fields from the form have inputs
if ($image['name'] == "" )
{
        $_SESSION['error'] = "All fields are required";
        header("Location: add_media.php");
        exit;
}

// Verify file is an image
if (!is_valid_type($image))
{
        $_SESSION['error'] = "You must upload a jpeg, gif, or bmp";
        header("Location: add_media.php");
        exit;
}



// move file into the directory and the path name into the database / along with the rest of the form fields
if (move_uploaded_file($image['tmp_name'], $TARGET_PATH))
{
        if(move_uploaded_file($pdf['tmp_name'], $PDF_TARGET_PATH))
{
$sql = "INSERT INTO media_table(title, text, time, date, image, PDF) VALUES ('" . $title_slashes . "','" . $content . "', '" . $time . "', '" . $date . "', '" . $image['name'] . "', '" . $pdf['name'] . "')";
        $result = mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());
        header("Location: add_media.php");
        exit;
}
else
{
print "did not upload";
}
}
else
{
        
        $_SESSION['error'] = "Could not upload file.  Check read/write persmissions on the directory";
     
        exit;
}
?>

Hi, I want to let users upload multiple images to my online picture book, so after they press submit, HOW do I count the total $_FILES[someName]['name'] uploaded. I want to allow users to type in html form the total uploads they want and this will then display that many desired upload forms.

I'm going to try count($_FILES[][]) and go from there first...

Any help much appreciated!

I've got a typical form with an input type="file" for users to upload photos to my site (2mb max to be exact). If you view my code below, you'll notice that I set a variable as the uploaded file's size, and a variable for the max file size I want in bytes. When making sure that the uploaded file's size is LESS than the limit size I set, it should push an error.

However, I've noticed that my variable $uploadSize that is supposed to grab the upload file size is only returning "0" (zero). I've tried var_dump($_FILES) to see what was going on and it shows the array with the proper name of the uploaded file, etc. but the file size returns 0.

So any file size I upload will bypass my test to see if the file size is less than the limit size. I've tested uploading images 2mb or less and the photos have successfully been queried, moved and resized. However, if I try and upload images LARGER than 2mb, the form still queries all the inputted data into the database but the image isn't successfully moved.

I've used this same form and approach on a previous project and I didn't have any trouble. Can I get your guys' eyes on this and see if I'm missing anything small?

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<?php

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

// ------------------------------------------------------------- //

// A.   SET VARIABLES
// A1.  set variables for inputted data
$first = filter_var($_POST['first'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$last = filter_var($_POST['last'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$email = filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$email2 = filter_var($_POST['email2'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$name = filter_var($_POST['name'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$description = filter_var($_POST['description'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

// A2.  set variables for uploaded submission
$uploadPath = $_FILES['uploadFile']['tmp_name'];
$uploadSize = $_FILES['uploadFile']['size'];
$uploadLimit = 2097152; /* 2mb max file size */

// A3.  create error array
$errors = array();

// ------------------------------------------------------------- //

// B.   VALIDATE FIELDS  
// B1.  validate required fields
if (empty($first)){
array_push($errors, 'first');
}
if (empty($last)){
array_push($errors, 'last');
}
if (empty($email)){
array_push($errors, 'email');
}
if (empty($email2)){
array_push($errors, 'email2');
}
if (empty($name)){
array_push($errors, 'name');
}

// B2.  validate emails
if ($email != $email2){
array_push($errors, 'emailmismatch');
}
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){
array_push($errors, 'invalidemail');
}

// B3.  validate uploaded image file size
if ($uploadSize > $uploadLimit){
array_push($errors, 'filesize');
}


// ------------------------------------------------------------- //

// if no errors, continue query
if (sizeof($errors) == 0){
// continue query
}

}

?>
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<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="submit-form">
    <label for="first">First Name:</label>
    <input name="first" type="text" value="<?php echo $first; ?>"<?php if(in_array('first', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } ?>>
   
    <label for="last">Last Name:</label>
    <input name="last" type="text" value="<?php echo $last; ?>"<?php if(in_array('last', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } ?>>
   
   
    <label for="email">Email Address:</label>
    <input name="email" type="text" value="<?php echo $email; ?>"<?php if(in_array('email', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } else if (in_array('emailmismatch', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } ?>>
   
    <label for="email2">Confirm Email Address:</label>
    <input name="email2" type="text" value="<?php echo $email2; ?>"<?php if(in_array('email2', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } else if (in_array('emailmismatch', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } ?>>
   
    <br><br><br><br>
   
    <label for="name">Your Photo Name:</label>
    <input name="name" type="text" value="<?php echo $name; ?>"<?php if(in_array('name', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } ?>>
   
    <label for="description">Describe The Photo: <span class="optional">(optional)</span> <div class="right"><span class="optional">300 characters max</span></div></label>
    <textarea name="description" onKeyDown="limitInput(this.form.description,this.form.countdown,300);"
onKeyUp="limitInput(this.form.description,this.form.countdown,300);"><?php echo stripslashes($description); ?></textarea>
   
    <label for="upload">Photo Image: <span class="optional">(.JPG's only, max 2mb file size)</span></label>
    <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="2097152">
    <input id="uploadFile" name="uploadFile" type="file"<?php if(in_array('badimage', $errors)){ echo ' class="error"'; } ?> />
   
    <input type="submit" name="submitFeature" class="submit" value="Submit Your Feature">
</form>

Awhile ago I wrote a simple form to except image specific uploads from users and chmoded the directory to 777... worked great...

Till there was a hack and then I found that chmod 777 is bad

So changed the folder to 775, but now the upload script won't work.

Can somebody point me to a post or article on how to give a file ownership or group permissions so it can safely run its uploads to the folder?

I have tried google but keep getting Linux and Window OS results.. its a tough question to google.

Any help is very much appreciated.

Hi

Have got my form working for all standard bits.  Just need to add the functionality for people to upload photos.  I copied and modified the form from a site and there is a section that I think is redundant it still works when I comment it out can you clarify for me:

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    // validation expected data exists
 /*   if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['email']) ||
        !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||
        !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
        died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
    }
     */

Below is the full code for the form:

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<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
     
    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    $email_to = "asdfasdf@asdfasdf.com";
    $email_subject = "adsfasdf asdfasdf Application Form";
     
     
    function died($error) {
        // your error code can go here
        ?>
           
<title>asdfas asdfasd</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #000;
text-align: center;
}
body,td,th {
color: #FFF;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 24px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body link="#FFFFFF" onLoad="setTimeout('history.back()',10000)">
<p><img src="../images/logo.png" width="326" height="144" alt="asdfasdf" longdesc="http://www.adsfasdf.com" /><br />
</p>
            <br />
<p>We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted.</p>
         
            <p>Please fix the following errors:</p>
            <hr />
            <br />
            <?php
echo $error;
?>
           
            <hr />
            <br />
           
<p>Click back to fix your error(s) or you will be taken back to the form automatically in 10 seconds...</p>
<h6>&nbsp;</h6>
<h6>&copy; asdfasdf 2012</h6>
</body>
</html>
           
            <?php
        die();
    }
     
    // validation expected data exists
 /*   if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['email']) ||
        !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||
        !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
        died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
    }
     */
    $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; // required
    $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; // required
    $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
    $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // not required
    $comments = $_POST['comments']; // required
    $age = $_POST['age'];
$city = $_POST['city'];
$state = $_POST['state'];
$height_feet = $_POST['height_feet'];
    $height_inches = $_POST['height_inches'];

 
    $error_message = "";
$string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'First Name: This is not a valid name.<br /><br />';
  }
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'Last Name: This is not a valid last name.<br /><br />';
  }
    $age_exp = "/^(1[89]|[2-9][0-9])$/";
  if(!preg_match($age_exp,$age)) {
    $error_message .= 'Age:  You need to be at least 18+ to apply.<br /><br />';
  }
    $phone_exp = "/^(?:\([2-9]\d{2}\)\ ?|[2-9]\d{2}(?:\-?|\ ?))[2-9]\d{2}[- ]?\d{4}$/";
  if(!preg_match($phone_exp,$telephone)) {
    $error_message .= 'Phone: eg 646 555 1234 or 646-555-1234 or (646) 555 1234<br /><br />';
  }
    $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
  if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
    $error_message .= 'Email: Your address is not invalid eg yourname@emaildomain.com<br /><br />';
  }
  if(strlen($comments) < 2) {
    $error_message .= 'Comments: Please leave a breif message explaining your interest and if you have any previous experience etc.<br /><br />';
  }
  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
    died($error_message);
  }
    $email_message = "Form details below:\n\n";
     
    function clean_string($string) {
      $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
      return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
    }
     
    $email_message .= "First Name:"."\t".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Last Name:"."\t".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "Age:"."\t".clean_string($age)."\n";
$email_message .= "Height:"."\t".clean_string($height_feet).'ft ' . clean_string($height_inches).'in'."\n";
$email_message .= "City:"."\t".clean_string($city)."\n";
$email_message .= "State:"."\t".clean_string($state)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Email:"."\t".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Telephone:"."\t".clean_string($telephone)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Comments:"."\t".clean_string($comments)."\n";

     
     
// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);  
?>
 
<!-- include your own success html here -->
 
<title>adsfas asdfasdf</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #000;
text-align: center;
}
body,td,th {
color: #FFF;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 24px;
}
</style>
</head>

<body link="#FFFFFF" onLoad="setTimeout('history.back()',10000)">
<p><img src="../images/logo.png" width="326" height="144" alt="asdfasdf" longdesc="http://www.asdfasdf.com" /><br />
</p>
<p>Thank your for applying to asdf adsf.  We will be in touch with you very soon.</p>
<p>You will be redirected back to the site in 10 seconds...</p>
<h6>&nbsp;</h6>
<h6>&copy; adsfdasf 2012</h6>
</body>
</html>
 
<?php
}
?>



Here is the html form:

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<form id="form2" action="./php/joinus.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<fieldset>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="fleft col">
<label class="first_name">
<span class="text-form">Name:</span>
<input name="first_name" type="text" value="">
</label>
                                    <label class="age">
<span class="text-form">Age:</span>
<input name="age" type="tel" value="">
</label>
<label class="city">
<span class="text-form">City:</span>
<input name="city" type="text" value="">
</label>
                                    <label class="telephone">
<span class="text-form">Phone:</span>
<input name="telephone" type="tel" value="">
</label>

</div>
<div class="fleft col2">
<label class="last_name">
<span class="text-form">Last Name:</span>
<input name="last_name" type="text" value="">
</label>
                                   
                                    <span id="validate_height">
<label><span class="text-form">Height:</span>
<select style="width:109px;" name="height_feet">
<option value="" selected="selected">Feet</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
</select>
<select style="width:109px;" name="height_inches">
<option value="" selected="selected">Inches</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
</select>
</label>
</span>

<label class="state">
                <span class="text-form">State:</span>
<select name="state">
<option value="" selected="selected">Select a State</option>
<option value="Alabama">Alabama</option>
<option value="Alaska">Alaska</option>
<option value="Arizona">Arizona</option>
<option value="Arkansas">Arkansas</option>
<option value="California">California</option>
<option value="Colorado">Colorado</option>
<option value="Connecticut">Connecticut</option>
<option value="Delaware">Delaware</option>
<option value="District Of Columbia">District Of Columbia</option>
<option value="Florida">Florida</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Idaho">Idaho</option>
<option value="Illinois">Illinois</option>
<option value="Indiana">Indiana</option>
<option value="Iowa">Iowa</option>
<option value="Kansas">Kansas</option>
<option value="Kentucky">Kentucky</option>
<option value="Louisiana">Louisiana</option>
<option value="Maine">Maine</option>
<option value="Maryland">Maryland</option>
<option value="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</option>
<option value="Michigan">Michigan</option>
<option value="Minnesota">Minnesota</option>
<option value="Mississippi">Mississippi</option>
<option value="Missouri">Missouri</option>
<option value="Montana">Montana</option>
<option value="Nebraska">Nebraska</option>
<option value="Nevada">Nevada</option>
<option value="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</option>
<option value="New Jersey">New Jersey</option>
<option value="New Mexico">New Mexico</option>
<option value="New York">New York</option>
<option value="North Carolina">North Carolina</option>
<option value="North Dakota">North Dakota</option>
<option value="Ohio">Ohio</option>
<option value="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</option>
<option value="Oregon">Oregon</option>
<option value="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</option>
<option value="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</option>
<option value="South Carolina">South Carolina</option>
<option value="South Dakota">South Dakota</option>
<option value="Tennessee">Tennessee</option>
<option value="Texas">Texas</option>
<option value="Utah">Utah</option>
<option value="Vermont">Vermont</option>
<option value="Virginia">Virginia</option>
<option value="Washington">Washington</option>
<option value="West Virginia">West Virginia</option>
<option value="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</option>
<option value="Wyoming">Wyoming</option>
</select>
</label>
               
               
                <label class="email">
<span class="text-form">E-mail:</span>
<input name="email" type="text" value="">
</label>
                                   


</div>
</div>
<label class="message">
<span class="text-form">Comments:</span>
<textarea name="comments"></textarea>
</label>
<label>
<span class="text-form2">Attach a photo:</span>
<input id="photo" name="file[]" type="file" class="fl" >
</label>
<label>
<span class="text-form2">Attach a photo:</span>
<input id="photo" name="file[]" type="file" class="fl"  >
</label>
                            <label>
<span class="text-form2">Attach a photo:</span>
<input id="photo" name="file[]" type="file" class="fl"  >
</label>
<div class="but"><a class="link1 link-color2" data-type="submit" onClick="document.getElementById('form2').submit()">Submit</a></div>
</fieldset>
</form>


From what I've been reading you need to tell the php to put it to a temporary file from the submit.. then move it to the file name and then somehow include that file name in the php email back.  So maybe a url and its private or htaccess? or does it get included as attachment in the mail?

Im not sure if i should be using 'id' or 'name' in the html form etc and how to tie it together.

Any help or guides much appreciated.

Thanks

Wolfsta

This upload code is used for uploading a video file from html page, after recording via html5 screen <video></video>, however, ther file doesn't arrive in the uploads/ folder:

 

<?php
foreach (array('video', 'audio') as $type) {
    if (isset($_FILES["${type}-blob"])) {

        $fileName = $_POST["${type}-filename"];
        $uploadDirectory = 'uploads/' .rand(5,500).$fileName;

        if (!move_uploaded_file($_FILES["${type}-blob"]["tmp_name"], $uploadDirectory)) {
            echo (" problem moving uploaded file");
        }
    }
}

when uploaded from iPhone. So, I don't know how to see errors on iPhone. Folder permission is 755. php.ini max file size is 2024M,

any ideas/solutions are appreciated.

 

 

I have a file upload script that will eventually process a ton of files.  I would like to upload them into sub-directories according to what year, month, and day they are uploaded.     A typical tree should look like this:   attachments/ --/2014 -----/January --------/01 --------/02 --------/03 , etc. -----/February --------/01 --------/04 --------/09 --------/18 --------/20, etc -----/March, etc --/2015, etc.   So a file called image.jpg uploaded on 10/31/2014 would have a URL of attachments/2014/October/31/image.jpg.  I understand that every time a file is uploaded, the script would have to detect through FTP whether or not folders for the year, month, and day exist, and if they don't create them.  My problem is that I have no idea what the logic of this script would be.  What order should I do things in?  Is there a way to use maybe foreach to detect/create the folders?  Any input would be appreciated.    

I have my memory_limit in php.ini to 256M. Is that too high?

Hi guys,

I am currently receiving a large text file ( > 500mb), once per week which I have been manually splitting then processing to obtain the required CSV files.  However, this is taking in the region of 2 to 3 hours.  Very soon, these files will be sent daily and I really dont have the time to split and process this everyday

I have been playing for a while to try and parse everything properly/automatically with fopen, feof and fgets ( and other 'f' options), but the script never seems to read the file all the way to the end - I assume this is due to memory usage.

The data received in the file follows a strict pattern throughout the file which is:
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BSNY990141112271112270100000 POO2C35    122354000 DMUS   075                   O
BX         NTY                                                                 
LOLANCSTR 1132 11322         TB                                                 
LIMORCMSJ           1135 00000000                                               
LICRNFNJN           1140 00000000                       H                       
LICRNF    1141H1142H     11421142         T                                     
LISDAL    1147H1148H     11481148         T                                     
LIARNSIDE 1152H1153      11531153         T                                     
LIGOVS    1158 1159      11581159         T                                     
LIKTBK    1202 1202H     12021202         T                                     
LICARK    1206 1207      12061207         T                                     
LIULVRSTN 1214H1215H     12151215         T                                     
LIDALTON  1223 1223H     12231223         T                                     
LIDALTONJ           1225 00000000                                               
LIROOSE   1229 1229H     12291229         T             2                       
LTBAROW   1237 12391     TF
That is just one record of informaton (1 of around 140,000 records), each record has no fixed amount of lines but each line in each record is fixed to 80 characters and all lines in each record need to have the same unique 'id', at present, Im using an md5 hash of microtime.

The first line of every record starts with 'BS' and the last line of each record starts with 'LT' terminating with 'TF'.  All the other stuff between also follows a certain pattern of which I can break down effectively.

The record above show one train service schedule, hence why each line in each record needs the same unique id.

Anyone got any ideas on how I could process such a file effectively??

Many thanks

Dave

Hello,

Im trying to find a way to check around 500-600 links to check if they are alive.

It works fine for 5-6 links but once i add more links it just times out.

Is there a way i could process this so it does 1 link at a time or somthing ?





<?php

include("config.php");

$query = "SELECT * FROM `games` WHERE `r_fileserve` <> \"\" LIMIT 500";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {

  $link_str = file_get_contents("$row[r_fileserve]");
  $pattern = '<input type="hidden" name="download" value="normal"/>';
  preg_match($pattern,$link_str,$match);

    if ($match[0] != null) {
      echo "Working <br />";
    } else {
      echo "File Down <br />";
    }

}

?>

When I try to upload a file larger than the server's max limit, the following code is not executed. How am I supposed to inform the user that their file is too large? NOTE: I've stripped the code down for this post.

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<?php
    if(isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
        echo "test..";
    }
?>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Upload Test</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <form action='' enctype='multipart/form-data' method='POST'>
        <input type='file' name='file_upload' />
        <input type='submit' name='submit' value='upload' />
    </form>
    </body>
</html>

Hello,

I am working on a project that downloads large zip files from server, for small files the script works well and downlaod files successfully, but for larger files like currently we are trying to download a 922MB file it gives us this message (in firefox) and doesn't download any thing.

"
File not found

Firefox can't find the file at http://www.domainname.com/abc.zip

"
Script to download the file is as below:

"
$filename = "xyz.mp3;

header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");

header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Type: application/download");

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($filename).";");

header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($filename));

if( !ini_get('safe_mode') )
set_time_limit(360000000);

readfile("$filename");
"

Please advise what can be issue, if its file size issue then how and where can we increase the limit to solve this issue.

pre-thanks,

Hi

I'm learning php and trying to write a script to extract registration information from a large text file. Sadly my meagre knowledge of php is letting me down a bit. It's a case of knowing what you want the script to do but not having the knowlege of how to 'say it'.

So i was hoping that if I posted my code here someone could either give me a few pointers on where i am going wrong or suggest  a better way.

The text file data luckily has a recurring format as follows (for brevity i've only included one entry, which contains made up information):



From:   bella_done@yahoo.co.uk
Sent:   02 February 2011 22:50
To:   Jonny tum, patsy fells, dingly bongo
Subject:   Subject: Fun Run 2010

Categories:   Fun Run

Name: Bella Donna
 Address: 14 brondle avenue
 Postcode: cd83 1rg
 Phone: 0287343510
 Email: bella_don@yahoo.co.uk
 DOB: 15/11/1945
 Half or Full: Full fun run
 How did you hear: Took part in 2010

As you can see the data has a convenient boundary at the 'from' field and the colon (or so it occurred to me) so I created my script as follows:



// the string being analysed
$the_string = "
From:

bella_done@yahoo.co.uk
Sent:

02 February 2011 22:50
To:

Jonny tum, patsy fells, dingly bongo
Subject:

Subject: Fun Run 2010

Categories:

Fun Run

Name: Bella Donna 
 Address: 14 brondle avenue 
 Postcode: cd83 1rg 
 Phone: 0287343510 
 Email: bella_don@yahoo.co.uk 
 DOB: 15/11/1945 
 Half or Full: Full fun run 
 How did you hear: Took part in 2010";

// remove all formatting to work with a clean string

$clean_string = strip_tags($the_string);



// remove form field entries from the data and replace with commas and a ZZZ boundary

$remove_fields = array("Categories:" => "","Name:" => ",","Address:" => ",","Postcode:" => ",","Phone:" => 

",","Email:" => ",","DOB:" => ",","Half or Full:" => ",","How did you hear:" => ",","From:" => "ZZZ","Sent:" => 

",","To:" => ",",  );


$new_string = strtr("$clean_string",$remove_fields);


// split the data at the boundary ZZZ

$string_to_array = explode("ZZZ", $new_string);

$new_string2 = implode("</br>",$string_to_array);

echo $new_string2; 




$myFile = "address_list.csv";
 $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
 $stringData = $new_string2;
 fwrite($fh, $stringData);
 fclose($fh);




One major problem is when i write the new data to a csv file the csv contains spacings that cause it to be reproduced in a column form rather than as separate fields for each comma boundary.

So can anyone suggest either

a) a better way of extracting the data from the text file (doesn't need to be 100% clean and perfect)

b) How can i stop the spaces in the csv (i thought i would have fixed this when i stripped the tags from the string at the start??).

Any help would be greatly received by a newbie phper.

It's my first shot at performing anything moderately taxing so if I've made some blaring oversites I would very much welcome your wisdom!

Thank you

Drongo

Going to try and explain this the best I can but I don't really have the best idea on what's happening here.

I have a submission form for users to fill out their information and upload an image. I've set the file limit size at 500000 which I assumed would be safe for images at 400k or below. When testing locally, any image that is below that file size gets uploaded successfully. However, when testing on my online host/server.. the submission form and data is successfully entered but the image isn't saved at all. It obviously isn't over the size of the file limit I set because it dooesn't return an error.. it successfuly submits but doesn't save or resize my image.

I really have no clue what the problem could be. I went over the variables I set for folder locations to move the image to and everything works fine locally, but once on the host and online, it doesn't happen.

Hi

I'm currently writing a script that basically downloads videos from a specific page.
I am downloading with cURL however with some files, they're so large cURL is timing out.

This is causing either
a) PHP to timeout
b) PHP memory to run out
c) cURL to stop once defined timeout limit is reached

This means that some files are only partitially downloaded as some files are over 100mb and some are only 20mb

I have Code: [Select]
set_time_limit(0);and Code: [Select]
ini_set("memory_limit","500M");set but is there a way to make it so PHP will not timeout and the cURL session will not timeout until the file is downloaded?