Ok, I am totally new at this, and learning as I go.... I am trying to upload files through a form, and trying to put them into a temporary directory to transfer them to a permanent file... I have the Wrox php book, and I am totally lost at this point... I guess there is a default temp directory where this stuff is put, but I have no clue how to determine where that is... Can anyone help? Thanks in advace all.... This is what I coded: if ($file1) { if (copy($file1,"/temp/$lname")) { echo ("Photo 1 received: thank you!"); } else { echo ("Error saving photo 1. " . "However, your information will still be processed."); } } if ($file2) { if (copy($file2,"/temp/$lname")) { echo ("Photo 2 received: thank you!"); } else { echo ("Error saving photo 2. " . "However, your information will still be processed."); This is the warning: Warning: Unable to open 'none' for reading: No such file or directory in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/php/adinfo_action.php3 on line 232 Error saving photo 1. However, your information will still be processed. Warning: Unable to open 'none' for reading: No such file or directory in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/php/adinfo_action.php3 on line 240 Error saving photo 2. However, your information will still be processed. I think there is a directory I should be pointing at, but I will be darned if I kno where it is....