newbie PHP problem?

[iseng]

I hope you can help me - I'm a novice when it comes to scripts and php!
I've successfully installed a HTML form mailer to my website hosted by eukhost- it all works fine but for one exception. The form I created has a field where people can attach a file to send to me.
When the HTML form is sent to me in mail format, it only captures the file's name, but does not actually attach it to the mail.
I'm pretty confident I've done everything I should as far as the script instructions go - but in the script manual it quotes "Most PHP installations allow file uploads by default. You may, however, need to contact your hosting provider and ask them to enable file uploads. The setting is in the server's php.ini file and is called upload_tmp_dir."
- any suggestions?

[Rock]

Hi,

The setting is in the server's php.ini file and is called upload_tmp_dir.

Yes, the setting you mentioned above is enabled on all of our servers. I'd recommend you to send us a support ticket through : http://support.eukhost.com along with the specific URL. Also, better consult your web developer & get your php code inspected. This looks more like a coding problem to me.

[iseng]

Thanks. Yep, already going down this route. Fingers crossed

[DavidAllen]

Check these as well:

In the html form tag - make sure it has the enctype set eg

form action="your_php_file.php" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" name="my_form" >

also in the php file you should have something like

if ($_FILES['attachment1']['name']<>"") {
	$mail->AddAttachment($attachment1,$_FILES['attachment1']['name']); // add attachment from form field called attachment1
}

Hope this helps

[iseng]

Hi DavidAllen,

My html tag reads correct.
Cant find a line similar to the php code - but will keep looking

Thanks

[swexpert]

Hi iseng,

Check if the temp folder you mentioned is there and has read write permissions. Usually you get a ready made script which assumes you can read write to such folders. check the variable, create a new folder with 777 permision and change your temp folder variable to reflect the same. Keep the folder outside the public_html folder otherwise it may cause some nasty problems for everyone.

Regds
IJ