I've had 2 thoughts on this one. They're fairly uneducated an just meandering speculation, but it's my tuppence-worth so...
My initial thought was this: I believe the Content-Type: MIME header is added by your browser. HTTP standards say that anything sending a file over HTTP is supposed to tell the recipient what type of file it's sending. It does this by adding the Content-Type: header at the start of the stream. Normally, PHP will read this header and put it in the $_FILES['userfile']['type'] variable. Perhaps your Linux browser adds the header in such a way that PHP cannot extract it properly, and simply thinks it's part of the file? You could try checking the $_FILES['userfile']['type'] variable to see if it contains the correct MIME type. It then dawned on me that I know either Apache or PHP (can't remember which, possibly both, but most likely Apache) can so some clever stuff where it fills in missing MIME type headers by analysing the file being transferred. It's possible that your Linux browser is not sending a Content-Type: header and so Apache tries to fill one in and it's APACHE that is adding the iffy header that PHP doesn't recognise. Alternatively, it's possible that your browser IS adding the header, but Apache doesn't recognise it, so adds another one. PHP happily extracts the first one, but doesn't spot the second one so it creeps through. Of course, all that could be wrong as I'm not an expert on file uploads, but it might be a place to start looking. Regards, Rich -----Original Message----- From: David Freeman [mailto:dfreeman@;outbackqld.net.au] Sent: 30 October 2002 9:23 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: File Upload Problem G'day David > > My problem is that files uploaded through a form are > > increasing in size. > Doesn't that look like the EOL characters are being > translated after the fashion of ftp ascii transfers? > Maybe have a look at the two versions in a > hex viewer and see if that is the case? Yes, I'd considered that. That was what I'd gone looking for in config files etc. I'd hoped to find a switch for ftp transfer mode. Didn't find one though. However, partly because of your email and partly because I noted that the file size increase was the same every time (27 bytes) I decided to load it into a hex editor. What I found was that at the top of the file, the following had been added: -----8<----- Content-Type: image/gif -----8<----- I also found that if I remove these two lines the image will display perfectly. So, my next question is, why does my linux box add this to an uploaded image and my windows box not do so? Can someone make a suggestion on where I should be looking? Is the addition of this information a server (Apache) thing? Or is it a php thing? CYA, Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
