PHP file writing

benrose111488 · 06-30-2005, 09:40 PM

hey everyone, I'm writing a PHP script that will take an attachment from an IMAP stream and put it on a server

I have the following code:

PHP Code:



$fileContent = imap_fetchbody($mbox,$msgno,"2"); 
if (!file_exists("/home/scavenger/scavengerxhunt.com/subimgdir/12345678.jpg")) 
{ 
if(copy($fileContent,"/home/scavenger/scavengerxhunt.com/subimgdir/12345678.jpg")) 
{echo("SUCCESS!");} 
else 
{echo("FAILURE");} 
} 
echo("<img src=\"subimgdir/12345678.jpg\">");

and the function copy() doesn't seem to work here because $fileContent holds the actual image itself rather than a path to the file

can anyone suggest a better function or tell me how to make a variable hold the actual path to the file?

Thanks in advance =)

CroMagnon · 07-01-2005, 12:36 AM

There is no path to the attachment file, because the file contents were encoded within the email (which is likely stored as a single unit). You will need to write $fileContent to a file stream yourself, not use the copy() function.

benrose111488 · 07-01-2005, 01:13 PM

how do I do that??

:-/

I also tried...

PHP Code:



$fileContent = "imap_fetchbody($mbox,$msgno,\"2\")"; 
if (!file_exists("/home/scavenger/scavengerxhunt.com/subimgdir/12345678.jpg")) 
{ 
if(copy($fileContent,"subimgdir/12345678.jpg")) 
{echo("SUCCESS!");} 
else 
{echo("FAILURE");} 
}

to no avail

how do I write to this stream, though??

keefaz · 07-01-2005, 01:51 PM

use fwrite()

PHP Code:



$fileContent = imap_fetchbody($mbox,$msgno,'2'); 
$filename = '/home/scavenger/scavengerxhunt.com/subimgdir/12345678.jpg'; 
 
if (file_exists($filename)) { 
    echo 'FAILURE : '; 
    echo "$filename already exists ...<br />"; 
    exit; 
} 
 
if (!$fd= fopen($filename, 'w')) { 
    echo 'FAILURE : '; 
    echo "Cannot create file ($filename)"; 
    exit; 
} 
if (fwrite($fd, $fileContent) === FALSE) { 
    echo 'FAILURE : '; 
    echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)"; 
    exit; 
} 
fclose($fd); 
echo 'SUCCESS!';

benrose111488 · 07-01-2005, 03:18 PM

this code works in writing the file, however results in the image not being displayed because it contains errors

is there some sort of encoding I need to remove from the file before writing it to disk?

Thanks again

CroMagnon · 07-01-2005, 03:34 PM

My guess would be that $fileContent is still base64 encoded. Try writing imap_base64($fileContent) instead of just $fileContent. Check the notes on imap_fetchbody to see how to tell if a particular section is encoded or not.

benrose111488 · 07-01-2005, 03:57 PM

Checked it out, and you were correct, 'twas base64 encoded

looks like the function works perfectly now

thanks muchly to all who contributed!! :-)