{"id":83,"date":"2021-03-08T00:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phptutorial.net\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-04-08T06:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:21:30","slug":"php-file-upload","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phptutorial.net\/php-tutorial\/php-file-upload\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP File Upload"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to create a file upload form and process uploaded files securely in PHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to the file input element #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The <input><\/code> element with the type=\"file\"<\/code> allows users to select one or more files from their storage and upload them to the server via the form submission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following shows the file input element:<\/p>\n\n\n

<input type=\"file\"<\/span> id=\"file\"<\/span> name=\"file\"<\/span>><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
<input type=\"file\"<\/span> id=\"file\"<\/span> name=\"file\"<\/span> multiple><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
To allow users to upload files with specific types, you can use the accept<\/code> attribute. The value of the accept<\/code> attribute is a unique file type specifier, which can be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this case, the value<\/code> attribute will hold the path of the first file in the selected file list. Note that you’ll learn how to upload multiple files<\/a> in the next tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The value<\/code> of the <input><\/code> element will hold the path to the selected file. To upload multiple files<\/a>, you add the multiple<\/code> attribute to the <input><\/code> element like this:<\/p>\n\n\n