PHP is a very easy programming language to understand and to write code. We can upload single or multiple files in PHP with just a few lines of code.
PHP can handle uploaded files in POST request with below constants.
$_FILES Super Global
$_FILES is a super global constant in PHP which contains all information of uploaded files. We can access that information with below constants.
$_FILES[‘filename’][‘name’]
It returns uploaded filename.
$_FILES[‘filename’][‘type’]
It returns MIME type of uploaded file.
$_FILES[‘filename’][‘size’]
It returns size of uploaded file in Bytes.
$_FILES[‘filename’][‘tmp_name’]
It returns temporary file name stored in temporary location at server.
$_FILES[‘filename’][‘error’]
It returns error if any.
PHP – move_uploaded_file() Function
This function moves the uploaded file from the temporary location to the given location on the server.
Syntax
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move_uploaded_file ( string $temporary_location, string $destination_location ); |
Also read: How to force download file using PHP
PHP File Upload
Step 1: Create HTML Form To Upload File.
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<!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="uploaded_file"/> <input type="submit" name="submit"/> </form> </body> </html> |
NOTE: enctype=”multipart/form-data” is required to handle uploaded file in php.
Step 2: Create PHP file to handle Uploaded File.
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<?php $target_path = "YOUR_PATH"; $target_path = $target_path.basename( $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']); if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) { echo "File uploaded successfully..."; } else{ echo "Error, file not uploaded..."; } ?> |
Also read: PHP file upload using AJAX.
