Uploading files with PHP
2008 July 15
During my recent project I learned about uploading files using. For uploading files with PHP first step is to create a HTML form:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD='POST' ACTION='upload.php' ENCTYPE='multipart/form-data'>
<INPUT NAME="image" TYPE="file" />
<INPUT TYPE='Submit' VALUE='Upload' />
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
For form the attribute ENCTYPE='multipart/form-data' is very important.
Next step is to create a PHP script upload.php which will upload the file:
<?php
// Path where the file will be uploaded
$target_path = "/var/www/";
$file = $_FILES['image'];
$temp = $file['tmp_name'];
if(is_uploaded_file($temp))
{
if(move_uploaded_file($temp, $target_path.$file['name']))
{
echo "Upload successfull.";
echo "File type is: ".$file['type'];
echo "File size is: ".$file['size']/1024. " kb";
}
else
{
echo "File cannot be moved to $target_path";
}
}
else
{
echo "Unable to upload!";
}
?>
The target path given is an absolute path. I tried to give relative path but it didnt work. If you are using windows you can give path like "c:\\some_directory\\".
Wen i googled for a code to upload,i used to get big lines of code.Thnx for dis short code
Greatings,
Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.
Have a nice day
Elcoj