Forms and File Uploads

[fizz]

Well, if that page is on Yahoo Hosting, the question is how did you set up the forms handler to work? and then where does your uploaded image go?

I like using Yahoo Hosting, but I seem to find allot of NOF users who cannot get certain things working with Yahoo. That's whats frustrating me.

[fizz]

ok... some small glimmers of hope.. Yesterday I setup an account with A2 hosting. I have successfully 'connected' NOF to A2 for publishing. that was the first plus. I created a simple 2 page form set and uploaded it. Next plus.

The sequence is: Email Page (success)> Upload Page (success)> Thanks page.
the Email page with simple text, drop downs and check blocks blah blah. this shoots an e-mail to my account with that data. the success page for this is the Upload page. This works fine. I get the e-mail, and clicking Next button successfully loads the the Upload page.

the Upload page right now I just have a text field and 2 form file selectors and a submit button. Success page for this is a simple thanks page. this seeeeeeems to function. I put something in the text field, select 2 files and click Submit.. the status bar of Chrome shows the upload progress percentage. but then I get an error page. 3 errors to be exact 2x 701 and a 500 from the FormHandler.php. But I DO get an e-mail with my entered text and the names of the two files.

Additionally, I do not see the 2 files anywhere on the server. but then where did the uploads go? (It should be noted that on Yahoo hosting, I also got the progress percentage during upload but no e-mail, and also no files.)

I walked the steps that were posted in this thread about creating the CSV file etc.. the CSV file exists on the server. but it is still at 0 kb. (and opening it in Excel shows it as empty)

so I'm just stuck. I can't imagine that this is too difficult.

on the Upload page here is the exact text on my Form Edit Field Properties toolbar

Success Url /complete/complete.html
CSV File Path /upload (the formshandler.csv file IS located there)
File Upload Folder /upload


any help would be appreciated.

[fizz]

I think what's killing me the most is that I see the progress info at the bottom of my screen.. comparable to the size/time of what I am uploading.. the Upload IS taking place... but where (lots of bad words) is it going???? I search through the server via FileZilla, A2's control panel and NOF's structure display.. but nothing shows any change..

[fizz]

oh... and I tried setting the permissions for the upload folder from 755 to 777... no dice..

[fizz]

Well.... as it turns out...... this was all a matter of Syntax........

The guys at A2 pointed out to me that the error was generated from my FormsHandler.php at line 150. when I got home I pried that open to see what was there. While I may not be able to Write php, I can follow its logic and see what was being reported. The Upload Folder was the problem (701). This I knew.. sorta.. because I saw the upload take place BUT never saw the uploads on the server.. I tried different folders.. I tried setting permissions on the folders blah blah blah... over a week I have been working on this. till I saw something on Filezilla and another program where folder addresses when dealing with web stuff were NOT written /foldername but rather ../foldername

2 damn periods before the forward slash... that's it.. that was the problem.. and it works on A2 and Yahoo both.. just the e-mail thing is still messed up on yahoo.


SO.. now.. where do I find the check block or even the portion of script which I can make it NOT send the uploaded data along with the e-mail as an attachment? I think that is Awesome.. but my plans would possibly allow a visitor to upload something which exceeds my e-mail's attachment size limit.

[chuckj]

The two dots mean that the "foldername" location is one level down in the directory structure. In other words, the directory that contains the page containing the script.

A single dot means the same directory. A slash by itself indicates the directory root.

[fizz]

well, the slash alone didnt work. I didn't try the ./ but the ../ and the folder name got me exactly where I wanted to go. I'm sure there alot of scripters and designers out there who are saying 'well duuuuuhhh'.. but hey.. I didn't know.. and you don't know what you don't know.

Do you happen to know how I can get the e-mail which is sent, to Not include the uploaded files as an attachment? I am certain that the formshandler.php could be edited to omit this function.. But 'attachment' is referenced many times in the php..