upload a file php code example

Example 1: php upload file

<?php
   if(isset($_FILES['image'])){
      $errors= array();
      $file_name = $_FILES['image']['name'];
      $file_size =$_FILES['image']['size'];
      $file_tmp =$_FILES['image']['tmp_name'];
      $file_type=$_FILES['image']['type'];
      $file_ext=strtolower(end(explode('.',$_FILES['image']['name'])));
      
      $extensions= array("jpeg","jpg","png");
      
      if(in_array($file_ext,$extensions)=== false){
         $errors[]="extension not allowed, please choose a JPEG or PNG file.";
      }
      
      if($file_size > 2097152){
         $errors[]='File size must be excately 2 MB';
      }
      
      if(empty($errors)==true){
         move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,"images/".$file_name);
         echo "Success";
      }else{
         print_r($errors);
      }
   }
?>

Example 2: basic code for file upload in php

//This is the minimal code for an image upload for first time learners
//html portion
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>ImageUpload</title>
</head>
<body>
	<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
		<label>Username</label>
		<input type="text" name="username">
		<br>
		<label>UploadImage</label>
		<input type="file" name='myfile'>
		<br/>
		<input type="submit" value="upload">
	</form>
</body>
</html>
  
 //php portion
  <?php
	$user=$_POST['username'];
	$image=$_FILES['myfile'];
	echo "Hello $user <br/>";
	echo "File Name<b>::</b> ".$image['name'];

	move_uploaded_file($image['tmp_name'],"photos/".$image['name']);
	//here the "photos" folder is in same folder as the upload.php, 
	//otherwise complete url has to be mentioned
	?>

Example 3: upload file to the server php database

<?php
if(isset($_POST['btn-upload']))
{    
     
 $file = rand(1000,100000)."-".$_FILES['file']['name'];
    $file_loc = $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];
 $file_size = $_FILES['file']['size'];
 $file_type = $_FILES['file']['type'];
 $folder="uploads/";
 
 move_uploaded_file($file_loc,$folder.$file);
 $sql="INSERT INTO tbl_uploads(file,type,size) VALUES('$file','$file_type','$file_size')";
 mysql_query($sql); 
}
?>

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