Problem - Move_Uploaded_File

[Ustag]

Hi, I have a file uploader made in flash pointing to upload.php to place the file in correct location and add info to the database. My problem is that this do not work:

//Set some variables$name = $_SESSION['name'];$time = mysql_real_escape_string(time());$date = mysql_real_escape_string(date('Y-m-d'));$ip = mysql_real_escape_string($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);$filename = $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];// Move uploaded fileif( $_FILES['Filedata']['error'] == 0 ){    if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'], "files/".$name."/".$_FILES['Filedata']['name']))    {        echo 'ok';                // Insert data into database        $sql="INSERT INTO `files` (`filename`,`key`,`time`,`date`,`loc`,`ip`,`user`)        VALUES        ('$filename','$key','$time','$date','$name','$ip','$name')";        $result=mysql_query($sql);                exit();    }}

The $name variable do not work and my file is uploaded in just the files folder and the insert into the database get blank where $name should be. But if I do "echo $name;" I will get the right result. Anybody know what might be wrong?I hoe I gave all info that you need to help me solve this. Thank you!

[Ingolme]

You'll have to find out where $_SESSION['name'] is being set and make sure that that script works.

[Ustag]

but if I type

echo $name;

before the if statements it does echo my username when I enter upload.php manually so it means that it is just not workin inside the if statement which is strange imo.

[justsomeguy]

Are you using session_start on that page?

[Ustag]

Yepp, the session works. It's not working to use the $name inside the if statement, but works outside. Does it have to do with that im using a flash script as uploader? This is what I am using: http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/actionscript/creating-a-reusable-flash-uploader-with-actionscript-3-0-and-php/

[Ingolme]

Probably. I don't think that Flash sends the session cookie.

[Ustag]

is it really flash that controlls whats in the if statement? $time$date$ip$filename all those works outside and inside the if, only the $name dont... if I put the session in $name, should that not be exactly the same as the other variables?

[Ingolme]

No, what happens is that when Flash sends a request, it doesn't send the session cookie like the browser does, so in the entire script, $_SESSION[] is empty.

[justsomeguy]

Just to be clear, it's not the case that the variable exists outside of an if statement but not inside. Those are the same scope. PHP doesn't work that way where variables that are defined outside of a structure like an if statement are not defined inside of it (all other things being equal).

[Ustag]

ok thank you, I will research about how to get my session cookie in my flash script.