how to make users create fake folders to upload files on it ?

[mtrp]

Hello
i have a simple file upload script with users system
i want to make users in control panel able to create - delete - rename folders
and can upload files on it

how can i do this ?
and is this will be hard ??
thanks and sorry for bad english

[Nile]

It shouldn't be to hard - just not very secure. Here are the functions you should be using:
glob()
is_file()
rename()
unlink() be very careful!
fopen()
fclose()

[djr33]

It can be secure enough if you are careful:
1. Only allow certain types of files: for example, .htm, .jpg, and .txt. Never allow any sort of file that could have dangerous code in it, like .php and .asp.
(Make a list of "OK" filetypes and make sure it is one of those, and do NOT make a list of "not OK" filetypes, because you might forget one and someone could hack your server.)
2. Make sure that '../' is NOT part of the file/folder name. This means that they cannot gain access to higher levels in your site.

It may not be completely secure, but it should be close if done correctly.

[mtrp]

thanks guys
but you get me wrong
i talk about fake folders exactly like categories not the real folders that save it in ftp
so now i want to make categories in user control pane so the user can create a category and upload files on it

please tell me how i do this ?

thanks very much

[Schmoopy]

You could just have a big folder filled with random files if that's what you mean, and then add each file to a database when a user uploads one, then depending on the user, show the files applicable to them.

[djr33]

"fake folders" do not exist, so I do not know how you want to "make" one.

If you want to create a storage location and list of "folders" for each user, then you just need to do both: create a place to store and create a database of "folders" ("locations"), and connect that to images.

For example, in your database:
REAL LOCATION: | FAKE LOCATION: | NAME:
~users/1/321.jpg | myimages/test.jpg | test


There is no "official" way to do this. Use a database to remember where the pictures are on the server, and to remember the fake location for the user's information.

I don't know why you want to do this, but it is possible if you use a setup like I explained above.