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Doc Bug #50453 Relative path
Submitted: 2009-12-11 18:13 UTC Modified: 2010-01-06 08:37 UTC
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From: prof3ta at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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 [2009-12-11 18:13 UTC] prof3ta at gmail dot com 
Description:
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In the sample code, the path for the upload dir should be a relative one, not an absolute one.

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From manual page: function.move-uploaded-file#Examples
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 [2009-12-11 20:05 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Why?
 [2009-12-11 22:23 UTC] prof3ta at gmail dot com 
Sorry if I have been cryptic, but I was running out of time.

The target path in the move_uploaded_file function is referred in the whole doc page as a mere "path", without specifying if a relative or absolute path should be used for it. Both are obviously possible.

In the example code, an absolute path is used. It should be clarified IN CAPITAL LETTERS that the absolute path is relative to the whole file system and *not* to the webroot (as one could erroneously expect).

This is not a proper bug, I'm just advising to be more explicit in the function doc page.

Hope this helps.
 [2010-01-06 08:37 UTC] bjori@php.net 
We shouldn't need to treat our users as sillibillies by screaming 
obvious thing at them.

This is explained, among other places, in the filesystem docs.
 
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