Upload files

[jeremiorama]

Hi there,

I'm looking at some PHP-designed sites that let us upload, let say, images, from our hard drive to their system. I would like to know how this is done. I haven't found anything in PHP that would let me do this. Anyone has an idea?

Thanks,

-Jeremie

[r3gan]

This can be done by including a form on your page that submits to a PHP page running on your server.  This can be the same PHP page as the form exists in or not.  Here's a simple example:

[code]
<?php
//
// uploaded file processing
//
if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES["flImage"]["tmp_name"])) {
    $newName = "some/path/filename"
    if (!move_uploaded_file($_FILES["flImage"]["tmp_name"], $newName)) {
      $pAction1Result = -1;
    }
    else {
      $pAction1Result = 1;
    }
}
?>
<form id="frmImgUpload" name="frmImgUpload" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="<? print $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];?>">
<input type="file" name="flImage" id="flImage" size="90" class="text">
<input type="button" name="btnImgSubmit" id="btnImgSubmit" value="Upload Image" onclick="document.frmImgUpload.submit();">
</form>
[/code]

Files uploaded from a form are stored in the $_FILES superglobal variable, and can be checked/moved with the is_uploaded_file() and move_uploaded_file() pre-defined PHP functions.  Check out [url=http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php#features.file-upload.post-method]this PHP manual[/url] page for detailed explanation / reference.

[Chetan]

you can either use the above script or the handling file uploads chapter in PHP manual.
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[jeremiorama]

Thanks guys! Someone told me this wasn't done with PHP once, but I didn't remember what. I guess he was wrong.
Thanks!
-Jérémie