uploading pictures

**MilitantEidolon** · August 20th, 2004, 02:38 PM

I am trying to figure out the easiest way and most effective way of creating this:

I was asked to develop an area where people can type a story then upload a picture or pictures along with it. However the stories will not automatically be generated it will go into review and then when the story is reviewed it will be published. However, I would like to be able to build it into database form so that I can sort all those entered and so on.

What do you guys think? This maybe unclear workin on only a few hours of work.

- MilitantEidolon

***chsh*** · August 20th, 2004, 04:57 PM

Originally posted here by MilitantEidolon
What do you guys think? This maybe unclear workin on only a few hours of work.

What do you have available to you, resource-wise? This can be done rather easily in PHP, ASP, or really any web language.

***nebulus200*** · August 20th, 2004, 05:04 PM

here is something I did on a whim one day, it probably has risks, but here ya go (it was made for uploading screenshots from a game I play). I also was using it for something else and removed some of the safeguards.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;

$q = new CGI;

print $q->header, $q->start_html(-title=>"Upload Results",-bgcolor=>"00aa00");
print $q->h2("Upload Results");

$file = $q->param("upfile");
if(! $file )
{
        print "I'm sorry, there appears to be an issue with uploading that file.  Try again.
";
        $q->end_html;
        exit 1;
}

$ctype = $q->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};
if (!$file) {
    print "Nothing uploaded?

\n";
} elsif ($ctype ne "image/gif" && $ctype ne "image/jpeg" && $ctype ne "image/pjpeg") {
    print "Only .gif and .jpeg files may be uploaded at this time.
";
    print "You tried to upload $ctype.
";
} else {
    print "Filename: $file
\n";
    $ctype = $q->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};
    print "MIME Type: $ctype
\n";
    open(OUT,">/tmp/outfile") or dienice("Can't open outfile for writing: $!");
    $flen = 0;
    while (read($file,$i,1024)) {
        print OUT $i;
        $flen = $flen + 1024;
        if ($flen > 600000) {
            close(OUT);
            dienice("Error - file is too large. Save aborted.

");
        }
    }
    close(OUT);
    print "Length: ",$flen/1024,"Kb

\n";
    print "File saved!

\n";
# display the image. this only works because we have a symlink from
# tmp.gif/jpeg in the current directory, to /tmp/outfile.
    my $time = time;
    if ($ctype eq "image/gif") {
        print "Here's what you sent (Reference it with http://yoruwebserver/screenshot-$time.gif):

\n";
        `mv /tmp/outfile ./screenshot-$time.gif`;
        $_ = `file ./screenshot-$time.gif`;
        if ( ! m/GIF/) { `rm ./screenshot-$time.gif`; print "<FONT size=4 color=red>\n";
                print "Tsk...tsk...tsk...you tried to trick me...I just told mommie...\n";
                print "</font>";
        }
        else
        {
                print "<img src=\"screenshot-$time.gif\" border=1>

\n";
        }
    } elsif ($ctype eq "image/jpeg" || $ctype eq "image/pjpeg") {
        print "Here's what you sent (Reference it with http://yourwebserver/screenshot-$time.jpg):

\n";
        `mv /tmp/outfile ./screenshot-$time.jpg`;
        $_ = `file ./screenshot-$time.jpg`;
        if ( ! m/JPEG/ && ! m/data/) { `rm ./screenshot-$time.jpg`; print "<FONT size=4 color=red>\n";
                print "Tsk...tsk...tsk...you tried to trick me...I just told mommie...\n";
                print "</font>";
        }
        else
        {
                print "<img src=\"screenshot-$time.jpg\" border=1>

\n";
        }
    }
}

$q->end_html;

sub dienice {
    my($msg) = @_;
    print "<h2>Error</h2>\n";
    print "$msg

\n";
    exit;
}

The HTML for it was here:

Code:

<html><head><title>X Picture Upload</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white" text="blue">

<h2>X Picture Upload</h2>
<form method="post" action="upload.cgi" enctype="multipart/form-data">
This form uploads a picture from your machine to the server. Enter the
file name to upload: 




<FONT color=red>ALL ACTIVITY IS LOGGED.  DO NOT POST LEWD, OBSCENE, OR LASCIVIOUS MATERIAL.

You will be banned from access to this server and the material immediately deleted (and

if the material is bad enough, potentially prosecuted)</p>
</font>

200kB filesize limit

<input type="file" name="upfile" size=40>

<input type="submit" value="Upload File">
</form>



You will then be presented with the file that you uploaded, along with what I named it.  Write

it down, there is no way to retrieve this information after that.





<HR width=65% align=left>
<address>xxx00@xxxxx.net</address>

</body>
</html>

**MilitantEidolon** · August 20th, 2004, 06:10 PM

I am able to use both ASP and PHP I can also use C# if needed. So the language is not really a problem. I would like to go with an ASP language but I am just starting to dig into ASP for real now. So any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Neb - Thanks for the coding I will play around with it later. However I am looking more towards ASP but I will still play with the PHP.

- MilitantEidolon

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