foss.in/2008 announced
Dates are out for foss.in/2008. And this is fourth consecutive year I wont be able to go because of exams 
I had been there two times and every year I wait for the event to be announced. I have to say its a great event to be a part of.
This is the last year of my MCA course and I hope I will be a part of foss.in/2009
falling in love
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it : Albert Einstein
Kartik is DD :)
Uploading files with PHP
During my recent project I learned about uploading files using. For uploading files with PHP first step is to create a HTML form:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD='POST' ACTION='upload.php' ENCTYPE='multipart/form-data'>
<INPUT NAME="image" TYPE="file" />
<INPUT TYPE='Submit' VALUE='Upload' />
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
For form the attribute ENCTYPE='multipart/form-data' is very important.
Next step is to create a PHP script upload.php which will upload the file:
<?php
// Path where the file will be uploaded
$target_path = "/var/www/";
$file = $_FILES['image'];
$temp = $file['tmp_name'];
if(is_uploaded_file($temp))
{
if(move_uploaded_file($temp, $target_path.$file['name']))
{
echo "Upload successfull.";
echo "File type is: ".$file['type'];
echo "File size is: ".$file['size']/1024. " kb";
}
else
{
echo "File cannot be moved to $target_path";
}
}
else
{
echo "Unable to upload!";
}
?>
The target path given is an absolute path. I tried to give relative path but it didnt work. If you are using windows you can give path like “c:\\some_directory\\”.
Why Debian?
I have been using Linux since 2001. And amongst all the Linux distributions and other Operating Systems used Debian is my favorite.
I love debian because of the bunch of reasons:
- Its free.
- It is the best development environment.
- It is not bloatware like other distributions. It works on my old system too.
- The /usr/share/doc directory is great.
- People think debian is “only for geeks” distro. No its not. It includes all the applications that can be used on daily basis like Office suites (Openoffice, KOffice), Audio/Video players (Vlc, Kaffiene etc), Browsers (Firefox is known as Iceweasel in debian), Messengers (Pidgin, Kopete) and many many more. My sister is not a programmer but she uses debian too.
Here is an interesting link: Why Debian?
