Fileupload not saving in its directory

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rlevin — Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:40 am

The fileupload is returning a successful save message, but the directory itself is empty. using http://www2.xataface.com/documentation/ … le-uploads as a reference, I preferred method 2:Storing files on the file system. I created a field, tableAFile, in the database table.

My field.ini for tableA looks like this
[tableAFile]
Type = container
widget:type = file

In tables/tableA directory, I created another directory called tableAFile, which is the default savepath directory. I gave the users full control just to be sure it wasn’t a permissions issue, but I still get an empty directory after saving a file. Any ideas what the problem may be?

shannah — Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:07 pm

Check your error log. It will give some clues. Common causes of this include:

  1. File size too big (need to set higher limits in associated parameters).
  2. Permissions on directory don’t allow writing.
  3. Directory is named incorrectly (case sensitive).

-Steve

rlevin — Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:36 am

The error log returned no errors. The file I tried uploading is 9kb, which shouldn’t be a problem considering the size. I gave the user full control over the directory, but I still get the same results. To rule out any permission problems, I decided to use method 1: storing as a blob. I created 3 fields in my table called file (longblob), file_mimetype (varchar(64)), and file_filename (varchar(64)).

Heres the fields.ini

[file]
Type = container
widget:type = file

[file_mimetype]
widget:type = hidden

[file_filename]
widget:type = hidden

When I save, the fields store nothing. Any ideas?

shannah — Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:23 am

If you’re storing as a blob, then it wouldn’t be a container field. I.e. you would need to remove Type=container

I suspect the problem is at the server level though .. (likely either your PHP settings, apache settings, or server permissions) - so very likely blob won’t work either.

rlevin — Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:33 am

Im trying to dig deep in this problem, if you don’t mind me asking, what files are being affected by the file upload widget? I find one file in xataface/dataface/formtool/file.php.