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Lect 24 File Uploading in PHP

The document discusses file uploading in PHP. It covers the $_FILES super global variable which contains information about uploaded files, how to move an uploaded file to a destination folder using move_uploaded_file(), and how to store the file reference in a database. It then provides an example of user registration in a web application that allows file upload and stores the file reference in the database.

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Lect 24 File Uploading in PHP

The document discusses file uploading in PHP. It covers the $_FILES super global variable which contains information about uploaded files, how to move an uploaded file to a destination folder using move_uploaded_file(), and how to store the file reference in a database. It then provides an example of user registration in a web application that allows file upload and stores the file reference in the database.

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Lecture 24

File uploading in PHP

Mr. Mubashir Ali


Lecturer (Dept. of Computer Science)
[email protected]
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Summary of the previous lecture
• Creating database in MySQL using WAMP
• Connecting PHP with MySQL
• Inserting data in database
• CONNECTIONS: user registration

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Outline
• FILES super global variable
• File uploading in PHP
• Storing reference of uploaded file in database
• User registration in CONNECTIONS web
application with file upload

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable
• $_FILES: contains any item uploaded to the
server when the post method is used
• an array type variable
• Created automatically
• Can be accessed on other pages

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…
• Keeps information about
• Name
• Size
• Type
• Tmp_name

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…
• FORM attributes required:
• Method should be post
• Enctype should be multipart/form-data
• <form enctype=“multipart/form-data”
method=“post” action=“upload.php”>

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…
<body> Asad
<form method=“post” File type
Choose File NoMypci.jpg
File Chosen
enctype=“multipart/form-data”
action=“action.php”> submit
<input type=“text” name=“name”> name
<input type=“file” name=“pic”> $_POST
<input type=“submit”> name Asad
</form></body>

$_FILES
[name] =>file name [type] =>file type [size] =>file size [tmp_name] =>tmp nam

pic

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…
• Accessing file information
– $_FILES[‘input-field name’][‘name’];
– $_FILES[‘pic’][‘name’];
– $_FILES[‘input-field name’][‘type’];
– $_FILES[‘pic’][‘type’];
– $_FILES[‘input-field name’][‘size’];
– $_FILES[‘pic’][‘size’];

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…
enctype method

Input
field

Submit
button

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…

Display files array

File name

File type tmp name


File size

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1. $_FILES: super-global variable…
Selected file

File name
File type Files array
File size

Temp name

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2. Uploading file
• move_uploaded_file():
• bool move_uploaded_file ( string $filename ,
string $destination );
• This function checks to ensure that the file
designated by filename is a valid upload file
(meaning that it was uploaded via PHP's
HTTP POST upload mechanism)
• If the file is valid, it will be moved to the
filename given by destination
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2. Uploading file…
• basename():
• returns the filename from a path
Example:
<?PHP
echo
basename("/home/httpd/html/index.php");
?>
retutns index.php

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2. Uploading file…
• File upload steps:
– Identify the file to be uploaded
• tmp_name is used
– Define destination
• Location + file name
– Upload the file

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2. Uploading file…
File name File tmp name

Folder + filename

File uploaded

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2. Uploading file…
• Restricting Users:
– Size restriction
– Type restriction
– File rename

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2. Uploading file…

Retrieving
file
attributes

File
rename
Size and type

File uploaded

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3. Storing reference to database
Method is post
Enctype=“multipart/form-data”

name
email
password

picture

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3. Storing reference to database…

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3. Storing reference to database…
DB connection

Insert
query

Executing query

redirection

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3. Storing reference to database…

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3. Storing reference to database…

Record is added

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3. Storing reference to database…

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4. CONNECTIONS: registration action

post
name

email

password
pic

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4. CONNECTIONS: registration action…

Input is
retrieved

File is
uploaded

DB connection

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4. CONNECTIONS: registration action…

Input is
validated

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4. CONNECTIONS: registration action…

‘$password’,
Data is
inserted

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Summary
• FILES super global variable
• File uploading in PHP
• Storing reference of uploaded file in database
• User registration in CONNECTIONS web
application with file upload

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References
• Chapter 30, “Beginning PHP and MySQL” by
W. Jason Gilmore, Apress publisher, 4th
edition; 2010, ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-
4302-3115-8.

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