Uploading a File

This code is commonly used when there is a need of uploading small and medium files onto a server.
It will be done in 2 steps.

Create an HTML form to pick up the name;
Upload the file and move it to the right directory

You should follow these steps in order to get your script working:

Fill in details about the path for the file (input the path of the file inside the $pathfile variable;
Make sure you have the privileges to move and write a file into the directory (use of chmod function).

The different Files

- The upload.html file:

It contains the html form.
Simply copy this to a file and name it upload.html.

- The uploadfile.php file:

This file is used to handle the file on the server side.

<? //Move the file if any: if(isset($_FILES['inputfile']) && $_FILES['inputfile'] != '') { $_FILES['inputfile']['name']=trim(strip_tags($_FILES['inputfile']['name'])); //Check if the file is an image (jpg,jpeg,gif,png ** add more extension here to handle other type of images or other type of files **) if($_FILES['inputfile']['type'] == 'image/jpg' || $_FILES['inputfile']['type'] == 'image/jpeg' || $_FILES['inputfile']['type'] == 'image/gif' || $_FILES['inputfile']['type'] == 'image/png' || $_FILES['inputfile']['type'] == 'image/pjpeg') { //move the file to the right location (** modify the path to match the right location on your server **) $pathdir=''; if (move_uploaded_file ($_FILES['inputfile']['tmp_name'],$pathdir.'/'.$_FILES['inputfile']['name'])) { echo 'The file has been uploaded'; echo '<p><a href="'.$pathdir.'/'.$_FILES['inputfile']['name'].'">Check your file here</a></p>'; } else echo 'errror while copying: '.$_FILES['image']['error']; } else echo 'That does not seem to be a known file!'; } ?>

Now you should have uploaded the 2 files onto your server inside the same directory.
Run it and use the code wherever you wish.

Note: for larger files, you may use the FTP protocol or develop some applets (Java, ActiveX...).

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Uploading a File

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The different Files

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