How to Upload Files with PHP

By Darren W. Hedlund
2005-06-21

How to Upload Files with PHP

This tutorial will cover how to make a basic PHP upload script. You can easily convert or change it.

You need a PHP enabled host, the ability to upload, and HTML or PHP knowledge to change the script around to fit your needs

This is the basic code:


<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post"> 
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="2048000"> 
File: <input name="userfile" type="file" /><br /> 
<input type="submit" value="Upload" /> 
</form> 
<?php 
if (@is_uploaded_file($_FILES["userfile"]["tmp_name"])) { 
copy($_FILES["userfile"]["tmp_name"], "$/images/" . $_FILES["userfile"]["name"]); 
echo "<p>File uploaded successfully.</p>"; 
} 
?>

You can change the "/images/" to any directory you want.

You may also want to password protect the file. This is so only webmasters or selected people can view it.

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