$filename is not a filehandle. The "param()" method returns the file name but not an opened filehandle to it. This file name cannot be opened directly with an "open()" as the file does not exist on your filesystem, it is the file name on the client host.

If your CGI.pm does not handle the "upload()" method you can upgrade it (with perl -MCPAN -e 'install CGI') or, if you don't have root access to the webserver, grab an updated CGI.pm module file and put it in a directory on your webserver and load it in your scripts with:
use lib "/where/is/your/cgi/module";
use CGI;

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That should load this newest module instead of the system default module.

update: cfreak is right and i'm absolutely wrong. I checked the doc, and param() on an upload field returns a filename that is also a filehandle. Thanks cfreak.

In reply to Re: Upload a file from a web form by choocroot
in thread Upload a file from a web form by bodmin

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