How to use $_FILES to store a BLOB Windows Azure - php

Question

I am using windows azure blob storage service to store data. My php file is this
<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use WindowsAzure\Common\ServicesBuilder;
use WindowsAzure\Blob\Models\CreateContainerOptions;
use WindowsAzure\Blob\Models\PublicAccessType;
use WindowsAzure\Common\ServiceException;
// Create blob REST proxy.
$connectionString = "[CONNECTION STRING (WORKS)]";
$blobRestProxy = ServicesBuilder::getInstance()->createBlobService($connectionString);
$blob_name = "myblob";
// Create blob REST proxy.
try {
//Upload blob
$blobRestProxy->createBlockBlob("containerName",$blob_name, $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']);
echo '104';
}
catch(ServiceException $e){
// Handle exception based on error codes and messages.
// Error codes and messages are here:
// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dd179439.aspx
$code = $e->getCode();
$error_message = $e->getMessage();
echo $code.": ".$error_message."<br />";
}
?>
The BLOB is created perfectly...
The only problem i'm having is when I use $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] it actually stores in the BLOB the PATH of the file, not the contents of the file itself.
My question is, how can I store a BLOB using the $_FILES contents?

Answer 1

You need to read the contents of the file using file_get_contents() or other method:
$blob_content = file_get_contents($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']);
$blobRestProxy->createBlockBlob("containerName", $blob_name, $blob_content);
MS actually attempts to give an example here, however fopen() doesn't work like that.