Wamp Server : Path of uploaded files - path

Question

Hi I have a WAMP server where some files are upload into an specific path.
C:\wamp\www\upload\
in this case. However could it be possible to upload these files into for example
D:\Documents\User\upload ?
Upload.php specifies the path where the files are stored but I haven´t the way of changing to another path.
Thanks in advance,
Katherine
Edit: upload.php
Here is the upload_file.php
<?php
$target_path = "c:\\";
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
echo "El fichero ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'])." ha sido enviado";
} else{
echo "Hubo un error, inténtalo de nuevo!";
}
?>

Answer 1

Katherine,
In WAMP, Apache is setup ( as it should be for security reasons ) so that Apache will not allow access to the root folder of the C:\
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
**Deny from all**
</Directory>
This stops hackers that successfully break into your site from being allowed to cause REALLY SERIOUS DAMAGE.
So I would expect to see an error message in either your Apache error log or your Php error log. I would also expect to see and error on the screen from XDEBUG unless you have disabled that feature. Maybe you should re-enable it as these error messages are really useful while you are developing!!!
change php.ini
display_errors = On
Now it is possible to open up specific folders outside the normal website folder structure like this
This is an excerpt from the httpd.ini without all the comments
<Directory "d:/wamp/www/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
# onlineoffline tag - don't remove
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
Alias /my_other_upload_folder_alias "c:/some_other/folder/my_other_upload_folder"
<Directory "c:/some_other/folder/my_other_upload_folder">
AllowOverride All
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
</Directory>
You then use 'my_other_upload_folder_alias' as the folder name in your php code.
PS. You look like you are placing your site into c:\wamp\www this is a bad idea!
Create subfolders for your sites like this
c:\wamp\www\site1
c:\wamp\www\site2
And think about create one virtualHost per site.