File Uploading in PHP

0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "
";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "
";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb
";
echo "Stored in: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
}
?>


By using the global PHP $_FILES array you can upload files from a client computer to the remote server.
The first parameter is the form's input name and the second index can be either "name", "type", "size", "tmp_name" or "error".

Like this:
$_FILES["file"]["name"] - the name of the uploaded file
$_FILES["file"]["type"] - the type of the uploaded file
$_FILES["file"]["size"] - the size in bytes of the uploaded file
$_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] - the name of the temporary copy of the file stored on the server
$_FILES["file"]["error"] - the error code resulting from the file upload


This is a very simple way of uploading files. For security reasons, you should add restrictions on what the user is allowed to upload.
Restrictions on Upload
In this script we add some restrictions to the file upload. The user may only upload .gif or .jpeg files and the file size must be under 20 kb:


0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "
";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "
";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb
";
echo "Stored in: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
}
}
else
{
echo "Invalid file";
}
?>


Note: For IE to recognize jpg files the type must be pjpeg, for FireFox it must be jpeg.
Saving the Uploaded File
The examples above create a temporary copy of the uploaded files in the PHP temp folder on the server.

The temporary copied files disappears when the script ends. To store the uploaded file we need to copy it to a different location:

0)
{
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "
";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "
";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb
";
echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "
";
if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
{
echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
}
else
{
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
"upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
}
}
}
else
{
echo "Invalid file";
}
?>