Thanks for the reply, you are right, the file is going on a Linux box, but the source file is located on the client computer (windoze).
You cannot open a remote file by using it's directory path on the remote system. The two ways to do this would be to a) (recommended) open it with a URL, thus the 'client' computer would need to be running a web server, or b) mount the remote drive as a share on the *nix box, and access the file thru the share.
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php
The addslashes was part of the original sample script.
It was probably made for text to be entered in a db, and in that case (if you are using MySQL), the function mysql_escape_string() would be a better choice...
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-escape-string.php
The storage would only be temporary, I intend to make it so when the file is viewed, there will be an option to delete it. The binary images would only reside in the DB for 2-4 weeks tops.
Most seem to think (including myself) that it is better to store binary files in the file system, and put the text url/path to them in the db.
As for your suggestion to modify the script to meet my needs, that is what I am trying to do... Thanks for the assistance
Look in the manual for explanations of the functions you're trying to use. Copying an example will rarely do what YOU need/want it to do, and you'll have a better understanding how to modify it by reading how the individual functions work.
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