File upload is quite easy and compact in PHP. We can upload a single or multiple files in PHP with just a few lines of code.
PHP can handle uploaded files in POST requests with below constants.
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File Upload Using PHP
Step 1: Create HTML Form To Upload File
In this step, we create a form to upload a file in PHP.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload_handle.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label>Select File to Upload:</label>
<input type="file" name="file"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>NOTE: enctype=”multipart/form-data” is required to upload files in PHP via POST request in forms.
Step 2: Create a PHP file to handle the Uploaded File
In this step, we create a new PHP file named upload_handle.php to handle the uploading process via PHP. Please read our article on $_FILES to understand the uploading process.
<?php
$target_path = "YOUR_PATH";
$target_path = $target_path.basename( $_FILES['file']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
echo "File uploaded successfully...";
} else{
echo "Error, file not uploaded...";
}
?>Explanation
- We first define the $target_path variable where we want to store the uploaded file.
- After that, we concatenate it with the original filename of the uploaded file which we found using basename() function.
- Finally, we use the move_uploaded_file() function of PHP to move the uploaded file to our destination folder.
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Conclusion
In the above article, we learned the file upload process in PHP. We can upload any file via the above code to our server.
Enjoy Coding 🙂
