Browsing a file

[Roopavathy]

Hello there,

 

I want to use the file type field to browse a pdf or word document in my registration form.I dont know how to use it. Please help me.

 

I have followed the following example.But dont know how to upload a pdf or word document.

 

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp

 

[KaiSheng]

I do not understand what u mean by browse your document in your registration form.

if you want to upload something up to your database, that can be done in a minute.

[Roopavathy]

I mean Uploading a document file or a pdf file.

[KaiSheng]

First you need to create a form in php.

Second, you need to pass the values you gotten from the form into your database.

I'll show you an example.

This is  your form.

<form method="post" action="xxx.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"> 
<tr>
                            <td><label for="file">File name:*</label></td>
                            <td>
                            <input type="file" name="file" required>
                        </td>
                            
                        </tr>

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This will be the second page where the value is passed.

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
    "doc/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);

the above code, "doc" represents the name of the folder.

the "file" represent the value from the form, in which the file that you are uploading.

the "tmp_name" represents the temporary file name stored in the server.

the "name" is the attributes of the file you uploaded.

 

This is the simplest. 
I did not include any database connection, presume you already know how to, and youtube have lots of tutorials for this.

You can take a look at this.

[Roopavathy]

Thank you