[Cedarvalley] upload problem

Stephen D. Wells wells at cedarnet.org
Fri Dec 19 12:51:00 CST 2003


try this:
----
<form action="upload.cgi" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 upload file: <input type="file" name="upload_file"><br>
 <input type="submit" value="upload">
</form>
----

upload.cgi
----
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
 
use CGI;
my $q = CGI->new;
 
my $ret = upload($q, 'upload_file',
                        { upload_path => './uploads', overwrite => 1 });
 
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
 
# error?
 if ($ret->{err}) {
     print $ret->{err};
     exit;
 }
 
# successful
  print<<"  EOS";
        <p><b>$$ret{filename}</b> of size <b>$$ret{length} bytes</b>
          was uploaded.</p>
  EOS
 
exit 1;
 
###########
# input: query, file upload entry name, Attributes
#  current attributes: upload_path => 'path that files are to be
uploaded to
#                      overwrite => 1 or 0 to replace a file or not
# output: hash reference of...
#         filename => the final filename that was used for the upload
#         length   => the size (in bytes) of the uploaded file
sub upload {
    my ($q, $file, $attrib) = @_;
 
    # init
      $attrib->{overwrite}   ||= 0;
      $attrib->{upload_path} ||= '.'; # current directory
                                                                                                                            
    my $output = {};
 
    my ($filename) = ($q->param($file) =~ /.*[\/\\](.*)$/);
    my  $FH        = $q->upload($file);
 
   # if the file exists and we aren't allowed to overwrite it...
   return {err => 'file exists' }
        if (-e "$$attrib{upload_path}/$filename" &&
!$attrib->{overwrite});
 
   # upload the file
     $output->{filename} = $filename;
     open (OUTFILE,">$$attrib{upload_path}/$filename") ||
          return {err => "can't create: $$attrib{upload_path}/$filename:
$!"};
        # should you lock the file here?
          my $buffer;
          binmode(OUTFILE);
          while (read($FH,$buffer,1024)) {
                print OUTFILE $buffer;
                $output->{length} += length($buffer);
          }
      close (OUTFILE);
 
$output
}
------

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 09:42, Aaron Thompson wrote:
> The problem seems to be that it doesn't work with Mozilla 1.5 or IE 6 but works
> fine with NS 4.7 (I don't have a copy of a new NS browser to test with).
> 
> Here is the code/html:
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> 
> -----<perl>-----
> ...
> sub upload_file{
>   my $overwrite = "1"; #overwrite files on upload (yes = 1, no = 0)
>   my $length = 0;
>   my $file = $query->param("upload-me");
>   my $local_file_name = "";
>   my $uploadFH;
>   my $save_flag;
> 
>   $file =~ s/.*[\/\\](.*)/$1/;
>   $local_file_name = $tmp_dir . "/" .$file;
>   print "<p>File Upload...<br>This may take some time, please wait...</p>";
>   print "<p>Attempting to upload: $file</p>";
>   $save_flag = 1;
>   if(! $overwrite){if( -e $local_file_name ){$save_flag = 0;}}#fi
>   if($save_flag){
>     $uploadFH = $query->upload("upload-me");
>     open UPLOADFILE, ">$local_file_name" or
>      html_die("Could not open $local_file_name for writing!");
>       binmode UPLOADFILE;
>       while ( <$uploadFH> ){
>         print UPLOADFILE;
>         $length += length($_);
>       }#elihw
>     close UPLOADFILE;
>     print "<p><b>$file</b> of size <b>$length bytes</b> was uploaded.</p>";
>   }
>   else{
>     print "<p><b>$file</b> already exists... could not upload.</p>";
>   }#fi
> }
> ...
> -----<perl>-----
> 
> -----<HTML>-----
> <html>
>     <head>
>       <title>server.domain</title>
> 
>       <script language="javascript">
> 
>       function sure(){
>         msg="Are you sure you want upload this file?";
>         return (confirm(msg));
>       }//erus
> </script>
>       
>     </head>
>     <body>
>       <table width="50%" border="1" align="center">
>       <tr>
>         <td align="center"><b>Upload a gallery for aaron</b></td>
>       </tr>
>       <tr><td></td></tr>
>       <tr><td></td></tr>
>       <tr>
>         <td>
>           <b>NOTE:</b> The following limitations will apply when using this tool...
>           <ul>
>             <li>this will only work with .zip files</li>
>             <li>you should not have any spaces in your image files or zip file.</li>
>             <li>Once you agree to send the data nothing will display untill the transfer is complete.</li>
>           </ul>
>           <br>
>           <form action="http://server.domain/admin/index.cgi" methd="post" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
>             <input type="hidden" name="option" value="add-galleries">
>             <input type="hidden" name="function" value="upload-gallery">
>             <input type="hidden" name="gallery" value="test_gallery">
>             <table border="0" width="95%" align="center">
>             <tr>
>               <td align="right">upload file:</td>
>               <td><input type="file" name="upload-me"></td>
>             </tr>
>             </table>
>             <div align="center">
>               <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" onclick="return sure();">
>             </div>
>           </form>
>         </td>
>       </tr>
>       <tr><td></td></tr>
>       <tr><td></td></tr>
>       <tr>
>         <td align="center">
>           <a href="http://server.domain/admin/index.cgi?option=edit-galleries">Edit Galleries</a>
>         </td>
>       </tr>
>       </table>
>     </body>
> </html>
> -----<HTML>-----
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:08:58PM -0600, Stephen D. Wells wrote:
> > If I understand you right it works with netscape but not mozilla...  Do
> > you have a small complete example (including your html) somewhere?
> > 
> > STEVE
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 11:15, Aaron Thompson wrote:
> > > oh yes... I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong.
> > > 
> > > @
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:10:27AM -0600, Stephen D. Wells wrote:
> > > > I'm back home now and can email again... for some reason the web-based
> > > > mailer I was using wasn't sending out - I'm back to evolution now though
> > > > and things are back to normal.  Is this still an issue?
> > > > 
> > > > STEVE
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 13:52, Aaron Thompson wrote:
> > > > > I have been looking and found that I get different data when
> > > > > using mozilla 1.5 or Netscape 4... it seems like I don't get 
> > > > > everything...  well... back to reading.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Netscape:
> > > > > 
> > > > > $VAR1 = bless( {
> > > > >                  '.charset' => 'ISO-8859-1',
> > > > >                  'upload-me' => [
> > > > >                                   bless( \*{'Fh::fh00001new_gallery.zip'}, 'Fh' )
> > > > >                                 ],
> > > > >                  'submit' => [
> > > > >                                'submit'
> > > > >                              ],
> > > > >                  'option' => [
> > > > >                                'add-galleries'
> > > > >                              ],
> > > > >                  'gallery' => [
> > > > >                                 'New_Gallery'
> > > > >                               ],
> > > > >                  'function' => [
> > > > >                                  'upload-gallery'
> > > > >                                ],
> > > > >                  '.tmpfiles' => {
> > > > >                                   '6' => {
> > > > >                                            'info' => {
> > > > >                                                        'Content-Disposition' => 'form-data; name="upload-me"; filename="new_gallery.zip"',
> > > > >                                                        'Content-Type' => 'application/x-zip-compressed'
> > > > >                                                      },
> > > > >                                            'name' => bless( do{\(my $o = '/var/tmp/CGItemp443')}, 'TempFile' )
> > > > >                                          }
> > > > >                                 },
> > > > >                  '.parameters' => [
> > > > >                                     'option',
> > > > >                                     'function',
> > > > >                                     'gallery',
> > > > >                                     'upload-me',
> > > > >                                     'submit'
> > > > >                                   ],
> > > > >                  '.fieldnames' => {}
> > > > >                }, 'CGI' );
> > > > > 
> > > > > Mozilla 1.5:
> > > > > 
> > > > > $VAR1 = bless( {
> > > > >                  '.charset' => 'ISO-8859-1',
> > > > >                  'upload-me' => [
> > > > >                                   'new_gallery.zip'
> > > > >                                 ],
> > > > >                  'submit' => [
> > > > >                                'submit'
> > > > >                              ],
> > > > >                  'option' => [
> > > > >                                'add-galleries'
> > > > >                              ],
> > > > >                  'gallery' => [
> > > > >                                 'New_Gallery'
> > > > >                               ],
> > > > >                  'function' => [
> > > > >                                  'upload-gallery'
> > > > >                                ],
> > > > >                  '.parameters' => [
> > > > >                                     'option',
> > > > >                                     'function',
> > > > >                                     'gallery',
> > > > >                                     'upload-me',
> > > > >                                     'submit'
> > > > >                                   ],
> > > > >                  '.fieldnames' => {}
> > > > >                }, 'CGI' );
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:54:13AM -0600, Aaron Thompson wrote:
> > > > > > I'm using CGI to upload a file... the file box is 'upload-me' and the code
> > > > > > below works for Netscape 4, but not Mozilla 1.5 or IE 6.  Anyone have
> > > > > > experience with this and can point me in the right direction?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Error message (from apache error log):
> > > > > >  Use of uninitialized value in <HANDLE> at /home/httpd/photos/admin/index.cgi line 59.
> > > > > >  readline() on unopened filehandle at /home/httpd/photos/admin/index.cgi line 59.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > the offending code:
> > > > > > ---<snip>---
> > > > > > use CGI;
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > $query = new CGI:
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ######################################################################
> > > > > > sub upload_file{
> > > > > >   my $overwrite = "0"; #overwrite files on upload (yes = 1, no = 0)
> > > > > >   my %valid_mime = ("zip" => "1");
> > > > > >   my $length = 0;
> > > > > >   my $file = $query->param("upload-me");
> > > > > >   my $local_file_name = "";
> > > > > >   my $uploadFH; 
> > > > > >   my $mime;
> > > > > >   my $save_flag;
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   $file =~ s/.*[\/\\](.*)/$1/;
> > > > > >   if($file =~ /.*[\.](.*)/){$mime = $1;}#fi
> > > > > >   $local_file_name = $tmp_dir . "/" .$file;
> > > > > >   print "<p>File Upload...<br>This may take some time, please wait...</p>";
> > > > > >   print "<p>Attempting to upload: $file</p>";
> > > > > >   if ($valid_mime{$mime}){
> > > > > >     $save_flag = 1;
> > > > > >     if(! $overwrite){if( -e $local_file_name ){$save_flag = 0;}}#fi
> > > > > >     if($save_flag){
> > > > > >       $uploadFH = $query->upload("upload-me");
> > > > > >       open UPLOADFILE, ">$local_file_name" or
> > > > > >         html_die("Could not open $local_file_name for writing!");
> > > > > >         binmode UPLOADFILE;
> > > > > >         while ( <$uploadFH> ){
> > > > > >           print UPLOADFILE;
> > > > > >           $length += length($_);
> > > > > >         }#elihw
> > > > > >       close UPLOADFILE;
> > > > > >       print "<p><b>$file</b> of size <b>$length bytes</b> was uploaded.</p>";
> > > > > >     }else{
> > > > > >       print "<p><b>$file</b> already exists on the server - not uploaded. </p>";
> > > > > >     }#fi
> > > > > >   }
> > > > > >   else{
> > > > > >     print "<p>File not saved... unallowed file time: $mime</p>";
> > > > > >   }#fi
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ---<snip>---
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks for your help.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > @
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Aaron Thompson   Unix Systems Administrator, College of Natural Science
> > > > > > University of Northern Iowa                      Cedar Falls, IA  50614
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > "Because as we know, there are known knowns, there are things we know we
> > > > > > know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are
> > > > > > some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we
> > > > > > don't know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > -- 
> > > > Stephen D. Wells <wells at cedarnet.org>
> > -- 
> > Stephen D. Wells <wells at cedarnet.org>
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